Dr. Sanjay Gajbhiye

The  beautiful insect of the genus Pseudagrion  decorum damselfly belongs to family Coenagrionidae is commonly called as Three Striped Blue Dart Damselfly. Medium sized, with three parallel lines on the body. Bluish eyes and bluish green thorax with black marking.. Class - Insecta  Order - Odonata  Family - Coenagrionidae  Genus -  Pseudagrion  Species - P. decorum Rambur  India - (Gondia Maharashtra )

Common Rose Butterfly or Swallowtail Butterfly  The insects  species are active throughout the day. The  species is beautiful and striking or steady flight.  It is useful for pollination. Host plant - Lantana camara  Class - Insecta  Order - Lepidoptera  Family - Papilionidae  Genus - Pachliopta  Species - P. aristolochiae Fabricius  India ( Gondia - Maharashtra )      By  Dr. Sanjay Gajbhiye 

 The insects of the genus Dysdercus is commonly called as red cotton stainer bug. .Body is dark red  fifth nymphal instar. A pair of black spots on the wing with black legs and antennae. The species is a pest of cotton crops. Nymph is a immature stage which is to be a growth stage. Class - Insecta  Order - Hemiptera Family - Pyrrhocoridae  Genus - Dysdercus   Species - D . koenigii Fabricius  (Red cotton bug ) Distribution - India ( Gondia - Maharashtra ), Thailand, Pakistan,Bangladesh  

Honorary Doctorate degree from  Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati Maharashtra India 

The insects genus Vespa wasp belonging to family Vespidae is commonly called as lesser banded hornet. Class - Insecta  Order - Hymenoptera  Family - Vespidae  Genus - Vespa   Species - V . affinis   Linnaeus  ( Lesser Banded Hornet Wasp ) Body medium sized.  Head is brownish black / red with dark brown antennae. Abdominal segments being  yellow with bands. Distribution - India ( Gondia -Maharashtra ), Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong 

 The insects of genus Leptotes butterfly belonging to family Lycaenidae is commonly called as Common Cassius Blue or Tropical Stripped Blue  Class - Insecta  Order - Lepidoptera  Family - Lycaenidae  Genus - Leptotes   Species - L . cassius  Cramer ( Cassius Blue ) It a small tiny fast flying  extremely quick butterfly. Males and females look different to each other. Female with white patches underside tan with broken pales lines. Forewing inner margin has blank areas. Distribution - India ( Gondia - Maharashtra ), America, Mexico, N. America 

Grammodes geometrica is a genus of moths belonging to the family  Erebidae  are known as fruit piercer moth. Class - Insecta  Order - Lepidoptera  Family - Erebidae  Genus - Grammodes  Species - G. geometrica Fabricius  ( Fruit Piercer moth) Body greyish brown, four large brown- black patches  on wing. Adult feed on Lantana camara plant ( Teak - berry plant ). Distribution - India (Gondia - Maharashtra ), Sri Lanka,  Australia, Java   

Genus Gryllotalpa belonging to family Gryllotalpidae are commonly called as European Mole Cricket. Body dark brown cylindrical yellowish underside. Fossorial nature . Fore limb s highly developed for digging. It is a pest which feeds on crops, vegetables.  Distribution - India ( Gondia- Maharashtra), Russia, Europe Ukraine  Class - Insecta  Order- Orthoptera  Family - Gryllotalpidae  Genus - Gryllotalpa  Latreille      (European Mole Cricket )