Butterflies of Sikkim: Red Lacewing, Large Silverstripe and Purple Sapphire

From the archive record

See a Red Lacewing and either a Large Silverstripe or an Indian Fritillary butterfly along with a female Purple Sapphire butterfly all taking in the warm morning sunlight in Sikkim, India. The Purple Sapphire is the small butterfly with its wings spread open. Please help us identify the first and last butterfly shown. Is it an Indian Fritillary or a Large Silverstripe? They both look extremely similar and we cannot differentiate. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 100, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a bro