Fauna of Eastern Ghats 

i.Mammals

Four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)

Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus)

 Tiger (Panthera tigris) Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

 Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)

 

 

ii.Reptiles

Golden gecko (Calodactylodes aureus), Indian python(Python molurus)

Indian start tortoise (Geochelone elegans) Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iii.Birds

Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) Spotted owlet (Athene brama)

Blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)

 

 

 

 

iv. Butterflies

Indian sunbeam (Curetis thetis) Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)

Yellow pansy (Junonia hierta) Three-spot grass yellow (Eurema blanda)

Common pierrot (Castalius rosimon) Tawny coster (Acraea terpsicore) (Source: Dr. Swaroopa Mallela. Department of Sericulture, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati- 517 502, A.P., India, Biodiversity Conservation - Issues and Measures Exclusive to Eastern Ghats: A Review. 2015)