India, July 13 -- Wild creatures may be found off their known geographical maps and out of their supposed "comfort zones" by a quirk of chance or may suffer from mistaken identity. Such freakish specimens may remain unknown for years and mystery can eternally shroud their origins.

A butterfly photographed at the Dr PN Mehra Botanical Gardens (PU) on February 25, 2019, was wrongly identified and passed off as quite a common creature (Common sailer --- Neptis hylas) for the Chandigarh region! Till, an expert from Nainital rang the proverbial alarm bell on May 19, 2025, and its identity was corrected to bag the honour of the first established record for the Creamy sailer (Neptis soma) in the Chandigarh region (a species otherwise known to f...