Sumalia daraxa daraxa (Doubleday, [1848]) (Green Commodore)

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 : 51-52

38. Sumalia daraxa daraxa (Doubleday, [1848]) (Green Commodore)

Remarks. One individual was sighted at Betlingchhip (23°48’51” N & 92°15’33” E, ca. 827 m above msl.), the highest peak of Tripura. This record was made on 05.viii.2019. Later another two sightings were made at Vanghmun in Jampui Hills. This species is rare throughout the state.

Figure 5. Photographic records of: 37. Jamides elpis pseudelpis . 38. Lestranicus transpectus . 39. Nacaduba

beroe gythion. 40-41. Ticherra acte acte . 42. Deudorix epijarbas epijarbas . 43. Creon cleobis cleobis . 44. Dacalana penicilligera . 45-46. Pratapa deva lila . 47. Mota massyla . 48. Mimathyma ambica ambica . / Registros fotográficos de: 37. Jamides elpis pseudelpis . 38. Lestranicus transpectus . 39. Nacaduba beroe gythion . 40-41. Ticherra acte acte . 42. Deudorix epijarbas epijarbas . 43. Creon cleobis cleobis . 44. Dacalana

penicilligera. 45-46. Pratapa deva lila . 47. Mota massyla . 48. Mimathyma ambica ambica . Current known distribution. Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, India (Uttarakhand to Northeast India) ( Van Gasse 2013; Varshney & Smetacek 2015).