Southern most record of the rare Yellow Pasha *Herona marathus* Butterfly ( observed by @rajabandi)
Southern most record of the rare Yellow Pasha Butterfly - observed by @rajabandi
Herona marathus so far, is known only from North-East states in mainland India and Andaman Nicobar Islands. Southern most record of the species in mainland India is from West Bengal
See records on [ifoundbutterflies.org(https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/679/Herona-marathus).
See Indian Records on iNaturalist
The current record from Northern-Eastern ghats of Andhra Pradesh in Visakhapatnam district, is a significant range extension of the species. Also, this is the southern most record of the species in mainland India.
Eastern ghats of Andhra Pradesh are known for some Himalayan relict species (including flora and fauna). Earlier multiple other north-east butterfly species like Great Nawab (Charaxes eudamippus ), Vagrant (Vagrans egista) are recorded from the same region. But Pasha (Herona marathus) is recorded for the first time in the region. Multiple individuals are observed and recorded indicating the presence of species in the region and negating the chances of one-off migratory sighting.
Congratulation @rajabandi this is a wonderful find. And as mentioned this is not a one off, or random ,or vagrant sighting. There have been repeated sightings in Andhra Pradesh since this first find.
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Thank you @ram_k
Wow -- what a spectacular find! Really wonderful! :)
@sambiology Thanks ,
Soon will post more of these interesting sightings. Some butterflies being seen for the first time after British Era documentaiton
Eyeless Satry Butterfly being seen after 135 years
There are a few more like this which we will share on the journal.
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