A first sighting of Tawny Coster Acraea violae Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the southern foothills of Bhutan
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Despite having rich faunal diversity of butterflies in the country there is no compressive checklist of butterflies. However, the sighting of Tawny Coster in southern foothills of Bhutan adds up a new species to the list of butterflies of Bhutan.Â
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