{"id":111421,"date":"2021-04-01T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T13:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=111421"},"modified":"2021-04-01T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T13:30:47","slug":"nacaduba-sinhala-ramaswamii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nacaduba-sinhala-ramaswamii\/","title":{"rendered":"Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Recently discovered Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii species, represents which of the following creature?<\/strong><br>a) Butterfly<br>b) Earthworm<br>c) Wild snake<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (a)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A new sub-species of the six line blue butterfly named Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii has been discovered from the south Western Ghats.<\/li><li>With this new discovery there is one more addition to the butterfly fauna of India as well as that of the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.<\/li><li>Four researchers \u2013 Kalesh Sadasivan and K. Baiju from Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), Rahul Khot from Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and S. Ramasamy Kamaya Naicker of Vanam in Theni described the species.<\/li><li>It was published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa in March, 2021.<\/li><li>The new butterfly species is named after Lord Rama, signifying the connection across the sea to Sri Lanka.<\/li><li>It is also a coincidence that the one of the authors whose efforts led to the discovery is named Ramasamy, an avid butterfly watcher from Tamil Nadu.<\/li><li>Ramasamy\u2019s joint efforts resulted in description of the new taxa.<\/li><li>This Lycaenid butterfly belongs to Nacaduba genus and its common name is Ramaswami\u2019s Six Lineblue and Ceylon Varayanneeli in its vernacular.<\/li><li>\u201cIt was first photographed in 2011 by Dr. Kalesh Sadasivan from Kerala and later in 2015 and 2018 in Tamil Nadu.<\/li><li>Mr. Ramaswamy said that It took so long to differentiate it from other species of Nacaduba that occur here due to the complexity of this small group.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/new-sub-species-of-six-line-blue-butterfly-discovered-from-south-western-ghats\/article34198315.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/new-sub-species-of-six-line-blue-butterfly-discovered-from-south-western-ghats\/article34198315.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently discovered Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii species, represents which of the following creature?a) Butterflyb) Earthwormc) Wild snaked) None of theseAnswer: (a)Related Facts:- A new sub-species of the six line blue butterfly named Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii has been discovered from the south Western Ghats. 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