<span style="color: #222222;">In Tripura, a team of wildlife researchers has rediscovered 'Ypthima watsoni' butterfly commonly known as 'Looped three-ring' after 61 years near a village called Phuldungsei in Jampui Hills under the North Tripura district.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Head of the department of Lepidoptera conservation & research division of Wild Tripura Foundation, Suman Bhowmik along with Sandip Malakar and Atanu Bora conducted the research.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Wild Tripura Foundation of Agartala is a Government registered Trust based in Tripura which has the support and helped to study Lepidoptera diversity of Tripura.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">These researchers constantly survey the butterflies in North-East India to document current populations, distributions, and status of butterflies for the past five years.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As part of the long-term monitoring and diversity inventory program, Suman Bhowmik conducted preliminary surveys at different locations of Jampui Hills from 5-7 August 2019, there the species was sighted near Phuldungsei village.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Bhowmik said Looped Three-ring Ypthima watsoni, 1893 belonging to subfamily Styrene and family Nymphalidae of insect order Lepidoptera has not been recorded for approximately 61 years since its last deion from India.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said the species was last seen in the year 1958 in Manipur. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Bhowmik said this rediscovery is also important in the context of updating the status and distribution of the butterfly fauna for Tripura.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The research paper has been published at the Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies.</span><br />''