Kaiser-i-Hind Butterfly
- November 15, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Kaiser-i-Hind Butterfly
Subject – Environment
Context – Kaiser-i-Hind is Arunachal’s State butterfly
Concept –
- An elusive swallowtail butterfly carrying ‘India’ in its name and found in next-door China will become the State butterfly of Arunachal Pradesh.
- The State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday approved the large, brightly coloured Kaiser-i-Hind as the State butterfly.
- The Cabinet meeting was for the first time held outside State capital Itanagar at an unusual location —Pakke Tiger Reserve.
- The Cabinet also adopted the Pakke Tiger Reserve 2047 declaration on climate changeresilient and responsive Arunachal Pradesh aimed at lowering emissions and sustainable development.
- Kaiser-i-Hind (Teinopalpusimperialis) literally means Emperor of India. This butterfly with a 90-120 mm wingspan is found in six States along the eastern Himalayas at elevations from 6,000-10,000 feet in well-wooded terrain.
- The butterfly also flutters in Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and southern China.
- Although the Kaiser-i-Hind is protected under Schedule II of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, it is hunted for supply to butterfly collectors.
- The two species of Kaiser-i-Hind were listed in CITES Appendix II from 1987 onwards.
- The Kaiser-i-Hind would be a keystone species for conservation of high-altitude forest.