{"id":54968,"date":"2025-07-15T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=54968"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:49:00","slug":"zographetus-mathewi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zographetus-mathewi\/","title":{"rendered":"Zographetus Mathewi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Zographetus mathewi Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of lepidopterists have identified a new butterfly species in the Western Ghats and named it as Zographetus mathewi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Zographetus mathewi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It is a newly <\/span><b>described skipper butterfly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to the <\/span><b>family Hesperiidae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and adds a new entry to the <\/span><b>genus ZographetusWatson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>15th species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in this oriental group and the <\/span><b>fifth to be recorded from India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its proposed common name is Sahyadri Spotted Flitter in reference to the Western Ghats, locally known as Sahyadri.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The species is endemic to the <\/span><b>low-elevation forests of Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Zographetus mathewi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the <\/span><b>Zographetus satwa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> species-group, characterised by unique features such as wing venation patterns and secondary sexual traits, <\/span><b>including swollen forewing<\/b> <b>veins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be further distinguished by a basal hair tuft on the underside of the forewing, yellow-ochre scaling on the hindwing underside, and distinct genitalia structures in both males and females.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butterflies maintain the ecosystem by acting as <\/span><b>pollinators, prey, biological pest control,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> induce genetic variation in plants, and enhance environmental beauty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are valuable indicators of the environment, whose health can influence their presence, abundance, and diversity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/new-butterfly-species-zographetus-mathewi-discovered-in-western-ghats\/article69807076.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zographetus mathewi is a newly discovered butterfly species from Kerala&#8217;s Western Ghats, adding to India\u2019s rich biodiversity in the genus *Zographetus*. 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