Desert Grizzled Skipper seen in Thar after 67 years

JAISALMER: After 67 years, the Desert Grizzled Skipper species of butterfly has been spotted in Thar desert. This butterfly was believed to have become extinct in India.
Zoology assistant professor at SB Government College in Jaisalmer, Dr Shyam Sunder Meena, who is doing a research on butterflies for the last many years, claimed to have found the species in Amarsagar area of the district. Meena has a picture of the Desert Grizzled Skipper, which is said to be is fist photograph in south Asia taken after 1949. Over the years, many species of butterflies in the world have become extinct. Butterfly expert Mohammad Akram Avam, resident of Rawalpindi in Pakistan, has congratulated Meena on his find. They said the species was last seen in 1949 at Deesa in Gujarat.