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Place of Stay
Forest Rest House Shangharh
Forest Rest House Ropa/ Sainj
Forest Complex – Shai Ropa
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Red Pierrot Butterfly: A Tiny Jewel of Indian Forests

Heliophorus sena (Sorrel Sapphire) – Himalayan Butterfly Species

Issoria lathonia – Queen of Spain Fritillary in the Himalayas

Painted Lady Butterfly

Lycaena panava (White-bordered Copper)

Aporia leucodice (Kashmir Arrowhead Blackvein)

Vanessa indica (Indian Red Admiral)

Udara dilecta (Himalayan Pale Hedge Blue)

Graphium sarpedon (Glassy Blue Bottle)

Lasiommata schakra (Common Wall)

Aulocera swaha (Common Satyr)

Papilio polyctor (Common Peacock)

Papilio polytes (Common Mormon)

Phalanta phalantha (Common Leopard)

Acytolepis puspa (Common Hedge Blue)

Ypthima baldus (Common Five Ring)

Gonepteryx rhamni (Common Brimestone)

Common Beak ( Libythea lepita)

Parantica sita sita (Chestnut Tiger)

Common wall lizard

Symbrenthia hippoclus (Common Jester)

Praying mantis

Cicada

Honey bee

Ochotona royeli (Indian Pika)

Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)

Rhesus monkey

Ficedula strophiata (Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher)

Pisttacula cyanocephala (Plum headed parakeet)

Stachyris pyrrhops (Black chinned babbler)

Aethopyga siparaja (Crimson sunbird)

Phylloscopus xanthoschistos (Grey hooded warbler)

Zosterops palpebrosus (Oriental white eye)

Rhyacornis fuliginosus (Plumbeous water redstart)

Parus monticolus (Green backed tit)

Garrulax erythrocephalus (Chestnut crowned laughingthrush)

Garrulax striatus (Stricted laughing thrush)

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus (White capped water redstart)

Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black bulbul)

Carpodacus erythrinus (Common rosefinch)

Pyrrhula nipalensis (Brown bullfinch)

Megalaima virens (Great barbet)

Monticola cinclorhynchus (Blue capped Rockthrush)

Aegithalos concinnus (Black throated tit)

Parus major (Great tit)

Carduelis carduelis (European goldfinch)

Megaceryle lugubris (Crested kingfisher)

Carduelis spinoides ( Yellow- breasted greenfinch)

Yellow-bellied fantail

Sitta himalayensis (White-tailed nuthatch)

Rhipidura albicollis ( White-throated fantail )

Yuhina flavicollis (Whiskered yuhina)

Great Barbet (Megalaima virens)

Ficedula superciliaris (Ultramarine flycatcher)

Garrulax striatus ( Striated laughing thrush)

Picumnus innominatus ( Speckled piculet)

Lonchura punctulata ( Scaly-breasted munia)

Picus squamatus (Scaly-bellied woodpecker)

Pomatorhinus erythrogenys (Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler)

Ficedula strophiata (Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher)

Prunella strophiata (Rufous -breasted accentor)

Niltava sundara (Rufous-bellied niltava)

Rhyacornis fuliginosus (Plumbeous water redstart)

Streptopelia orientails (Oriental turtle dove)

Lanius schach (Long tailed shrike)

Glaucidium radiatum (Jungle owlet)

Phylloscopus humei (Hume’s leaf warbler)

Turdus boulboul (Grey-winged Blackbird)

Picus canus (Grey-headed Woodpecker)

Orthotomus sutorius (Common tailorbird)

Upupa epops (Common Hoopoe)

Turdus rubrocanus (Chestnut Thrush)

Minla strigula ( Chestnut-tailed Minla )

Megalaima asiatica ( Blue- throated Barbet )

Parus xanthogenys ( Black-lored tit)

Garrulus lanceolatus (Black-headed Jay)

Eudynamys scolopacea ( Asian Koel)

Glaucidium cuculoides (Asian Barred Owlet)

Streptopelia chinensis (Spotted Dove)

Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared Dove)

Termite mound

Honey comb

Plexippus (Jumping spider)

Argiope pulchella (Signature Spider)

Heteropoda venatoria

Cheiracanthium

Leucauge spider

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Heliophorus epicles (Purple Sapphire)

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Danaus chrysippus (Plain tiger)

Kallima inachus (Orange oakleaf butterfly)

Day fly moth

Athyma perius (Common sergeant butterfly)

Dodona durga (Common punch)

Cyrestis thyodamas (Common map)

Prunella rubeculoides (Robin accentor)

Hirundo daurica (Swallow)

Garrulax variegates (Variegated laughingthrush)

Eremophila alpestris ( Horned lark )

Gyps himalayensis (Griffon vulture)

Lanius tephronotus (Grey backed shrike)

Falco tinnunculus (Common kestrel)

Alectoris chukar (Chukar)

Cheer Pheasant

White-crested Kaleej

Koklass

Monal

Western Tragopan

Ursus thibetanus (Himalayan black bear)

Ursus arctos (Himalayan brown bear)

Vulpes vulpes (Red fox)

Paguma larvata (Himalayan palm civet)

Prionailurus bengalensis (Leopard cat)

Snow leopard (Panthera uncial)

Common leopard (Panthera pardus)

Capricornis thar (Himalayan serow)

Nemorhaedus goral (Himalayan brown goral)

Hemitragus jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr)

Pseudois nayaur (Bharal)

Capra sibirica (Himalayan Ibex)

Moschus leucogaster (Himalayan musk deer)

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