Bio Diversity Documentation
Titli Trust has been actively documenting biodiversity across the Himalayan region — including Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, and Meghalaya — with a focus on birds, butterflies, moths, and herpetofauna. Through these efforts, Sanjay Sondhi and his co-authors have described three new species (one frog and two moths) and recorded more than 40 species of butterflies and moths as new to India. These discoveries contribute valuable knowledge to India’s natural history and highlight the rich yet understudied biodiversity of the Himalaya.
Titli Trust’s biodiversity documentation in the Himalaya has added considerable new knowledge to science across varied taxa.
New Species Descriptions
Bompu Litter Frog Leptobrachium bompu
Bompu Litter Frog Leptobrachium bompu, the only Indian frog with blue eyes, was described by Sanjay Sondhi and Anne Marie Ohler in 2011 from Bompu, Eaglenest WLS in Arunachal Pradesh.
Metallolophia taleensis
A geometrid moth, Metallolophia taleensis was described by Sanjay Sondhi and his co-authors in 2019 from Pange, Tale WLS, Arunachal Pradesh.
Piarosoma arunachalensis
A zygaenid moth, Piarosoma arunachalensis was described by Sanjay Sondhi and his co-authors in 2019 from Pange, Tale WLS, Arunachal Pradesh.
More than 40 butterfly and moth
More than 40 butterfly and moth species that are new records for India have been discovered during Titli Trusts biodiversity assessments.