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Emperor and Silk Moths (Family: Saturniidae ) of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Srilanka    

Hawk Moths ( Family: Sphingidae ) of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Srilanka

Butterfly fauna of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Mumbai, Maharashtra
Following species must have been added by mistake and are not found in the Mumbai region, unless there is photographic evidence or collected specimen.
[Southern Birdwing Troides minos Cramer, 1779] [Indian Purple Emperor Apatura ambica Kollar, 1844] [Himalayan Dart Potanthus dara Koll] [ Plains Royal Tajuria jehana Moore, 1883 ]
If you happen to photograph these species in and around Mumbai region please mail it to malabartreenymph at gmail.com.
Status of some of the butterflies are also not consistent and probably would require more rigorous field visits.
For example: Tawny Rajah [ Charaxes bernardus Fabricius, 1793 ] - Not rare , Monkey Puzzle [ Rathinda amor Fabricius, 1775 ] - Locally Common , Apefly [ Spalgis epius Westwood, 1851 ] - Uncommon, Small Branded Swift[ Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 ] - Very Rare, Dark Branded Swift [ Pelopidas agna Moore, 1865 ] - Common, Continental Swift [Parnara ganga Evans, 1937] - Uncommon
Supplemtary notes by Isaac Kehimkar and Nikhil Bhopale