Description

• Common Name : Indian Tortoiseshell
• Scientific Name : Aglais cashmirensis (Fruh.)
• Family : NYMPHALIDAE
• Wingspan : 55-65mm
• Colour : Brown with red and white patch.
• Habit : Commonly found in the hilly terrain of North Bengal; seen through out the year; Males are territorial; fond of visiting flowers like Taraxacum officinale, Tagetes sp., Aster sp., Primula denticulate etc.
  
  Photographed at Kurseoung & Gorumara NP.
• Larval Host Plants : Urtica sp.
• Location : North Bengal