Context: Recently, a team of wildlife researchers has rediscovered ‘Ypthima watsoni’ butterfly after 61 years near a village called Phuldungsei in Jampui Hills under the North Tripura district.

About Ypthima Watsoni

• It is a species of Satyrinae butterfly and commonly known as ‘Looped three-ring’.
• It was distributed in Assam, Myanmar and Thailand.
• It belonged to family Nymphalidae of insect order Lepidoptera.
• The species was last seen in the year 1958 in Manipur.