Guwahati, May 11 -- Reported by Roopak Goswami

Guwahati: Sikkim's rich biodiversity has received a major scientific boost with the release of a landmark publication documenting a sharp rise in the Himalayan state's butterfly diversity from 689 to 753 species.

The updated checklist, titled Butterflies of Sikkim: An Updated Checklist of Sikkim Himalaya, was released by the Butterflies and Moths of Sikkim Nature Conservation Society (BAMOS NCS), highlighting the addition of 64 butterfly species to the state's faunal records.

Authored by conservationists Matrika Sharma and Dorjee Chewang Bhutia, the publication is being seen as a significant contribution to biodiversity documentation in the Eastern Himalayas, one of the world's most ecolog...