First live record of Noble's Helen Papilio noblei de Nicéville, 1889 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) swallowtail butterfly India from Namdapha national park, Arunachal Pradesh, India, a newly reported species from India

Abstract

Noble's Helen Papilio noblei is an extremely rare swallowtail butterfly and photographed live for the first time from India three times on 13 September 2019, 7 September 2020 & 27 September 2021 from Namdapha National Park of India. The record from Namdapha National Park is aerially only 80 kms away from Putao in Kachin states of Myanmar where there is last published information recorded in April 5, 1999. The records are significant as this rare swallowtail butterfly is disappearing in recent times from its previously known ranges in SE Asia.