{"id":179722,"date":"2022-04-16T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=179722"},"modified":"2022-04-16T20:02:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:32:01","slug":"rare-butterfly-palmking-spotted-for-the-first-time-in-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rare-butterfly-palmking-spotted-for-the-first-time-in-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare butterfly Palmking spotted for the first time in Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rare butterfly Palmking (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amathusia phidippus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) was sighted for the first time in Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Palmking (<\/b><b><i>Amathusia phidippus<\/i><\/b><b>)?<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179749\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-179749 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/440px-AmathusiaPhidippus146_1.jpg?resize=383%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/440px-AmathusiaPhidippus146_1.jpg?w=440&amp;ssl=1 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/440px-AmathusiaPhidippus146_1.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palmking is a butterfly species that belongs to the <\/span><b>Nymphalidae sub-family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was first recorded in <\/span><b>South India by British scientist H.S.Ferguson in 1891<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. More than a century later, it was rediscovered in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Characteristics: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This butterfly is characterized by its brown colour and dark bands and is described as reclusive, mostly resting in the shade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It is not easy to spot a Palmking because its wood colour makes for easy camouflage, and it rarely spreads its wings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Diet: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palmking feeds on palm, coconut and calamus varieties of plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This butterfly is widely distributed across parts of India, Myanmar, Indo China, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. It is also found in the Indonesian archipelago and the Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 In India, Palmking sightings were recorded in the forests of Arippa, Shendurney, Periyar Tiger Reserve in the south of Western Ghats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Rare butterfly Palmking spotted for the first time in Tamil Nadu<\/b><b>\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on<\/span><b> 11th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The rare butterfly Palmking (Amathusia phidippus) was sighted for the first time in Tamil Nadu. What is Palmking (Amathusia phidippus)? Palmking is a butterfly species that belongs to the Nymphalidae sub-family. It was first recorded in South India by British scientist H.S.Ferguson in 1891. More than a century later, it was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rare-butterfly-palmking-spotted-for-the-first-time-in-tamil-nadu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rare butterfly Palmking spotted for the first time in Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-179722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704929087},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}