Range Extension of <I>Matapa sasivarna</I> [Moore (1866)] Black-veined Branded Redeye to Western Himalaya

Shankar Kumar; Paramjit Singh; Kapil Joshi

doi:10.36808/if/2018/v144i10/139590

Range Extension of Matapa sasivarna [Moore (1866)] Black-veined Branded Redeye to Western Himalaya

Authors

Shankar Kumar O/o C.C.F., Kumaon, Nainital, Uttarakhand
Paramjit Singh Forest research and Training Management, Haldwani, Uttarakhand
Kapil Joshi Kumaon Forest Circle, Nainital, Uttarakhand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2018/v144i10/139590

Abstract

No Abstract.

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