Monsoon Courtship Dance..... A Video

Location: Parmadan and Bethuadahari Reserve Forest

West Bengal, India

 

কালিম । Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)

 

A common species of swallowtail butterfly (family: papilionidae) widely distributed across Asia. Seen round the year throughout India from plains up to 2000m. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous polymorphic forms of its females.

 

Host Plant: Ixora coccinea; Rangan (রঙ্গন, Rugmini in Hindi, commonly known as the Jungle Geranium, Flame of the Woods, and Jungle Flame from Rubiaceae family) is an exotic bright red flower, bloom as a flower bunch comprises of lot of small red flowers at the top of branch.

 

Bengal Monsoon

Images of Bengal, India

 

 

Music Courtesy:The Rite of Spring: Dance of the Adolescents (Title)

Igor Stravinsky (Artist); Great Nature Classics (Album)

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