Parantica melaneus plataniston (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Chocolate Tiger)

Bhowmik, Suman, 2021, Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1), pp. 35-60 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:07DA43A6-7C28-4088-8371-6BB366EDDA4A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11130299
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F1E917-6E5A-6918-12A0-9916BB36FCCD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Parantica melaneus plataniston (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Chocolate Tiger)
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35. Parantica melaneus plataniston (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Chocolate Tiger)

Remarks. One single individual was recorded on 06.xi.2019, at Betlingchhip (23°48’51” N & 92°15’33” E, ca. 827 m above msl.) in Jampui Hills while nectaring on a wild plant. This species is very rare throughout the state.

Current known distribution. Nepal, Myanmar, India (Uttarakhand to Northeast India; Nicobar Island) ( Van Gasse 2013; Varshney & Smetacek 2015).