page_title: Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary
section_title: Butterflies
hierarchical_section_title: Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary / Fauna / Butterflies
caption_attribution_description: Bhutanitis lidderdalii, Bhutan, India
context_page_description: Eaglenest or Eagle's Nest Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area of India in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh. It conjoins Sessa Orchid Sanctuary to the northeast and Pakhui Tiger Reserve across the Kameng river to the east. Altitude ranges are extreme: from 500 metres to 3,250 metres. It is a part of the Kameng Elephant Reserve.
  Eaglenest is notable as a prime birding site due to the extraordinary variety, numbers and accessibility of species.
  Eaglenest derives its name from Red Eagle Division of the Indian army which was posted in the area in the 1950s.
context_section_description: Eaglenest is home to at least 165 species of butterflies including Bhutan glory, grey admiral, scarce red-forester, dusky labyrinth, tigerbrown, jungle-queen sp, white-edged bushbrown, and white owl.
caption: Bhutan glory
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