Three new butterfly records for peninsular India: Dusky Yellow-breasted Flat <i>Gerosis phisara</i> (Moore) (Hesperiidae), Common Gem <i>Poritia hewitsoni</i> Moore (Lycaenidae) and Great Nawab <i>Polyura eudamippus</i> (Doubleday) (Nymphalidae) from Similipal Hills, Odisha, India

Three species of butterflies hitherto known only from the Himalayan region and northeastern India, viz. Dusky Yellow-breasted Flat Gerosis phisara (Moore), Common Gem Poritia hewitsoni Moore and Great Nawab Polyura eudamippus (Doubleday) were recorded from Similipal Hills, Odisha, thus constituting significant new locality records and range extensions for peninsular India. This also re-inforces the unique bio-geographic role of Similipal as a hill range harbouring representatives of north-eastern and autochthonous peninsular Indian species and supports its putative function as a possible pathway along the Eastern Ghats for species exchange between bio-geographical zones