Kalesh Sadasivan

Kalesh Sadasivan, Indian entomologist

• Travancore Natural History Society Ant Research Group (TARG), Jyothis, Mathrubhumi Road, Vanchiyoor post, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

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• 4 taxon names authored by Kalesh Sadasivan

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• Sadasivan, K. & Kripakaran, M. 2017. A new species of Tyrannomyrmex Fernández 2003 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini) from Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4344(2): 261–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.3. Reference page. 

• Sadasivan, K., Ramesh, M.B., Palot, M.J., Ambekar, M. & Mirza, Z.A. 2018. A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India. Zootaxa 4374(4): 545–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5 Reference page. 

• Rangnekar, P., Dharwadkar, O., Sadasivan, K. & Subramanian, K.A. 2019. A new species of Cyclogomphus Selys, 1854 (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, India with comments on the status of Cyclogomphus vesiculosus Selys, 1873. Zootaxa 4656(3): 515–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.3.8 Reference page. 

• Sadasivan, K., Kochunarayanan, B., Khot, R. & Naicker, S.R.K. 2021. A new taxon of Nacaduba Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatini) from Agasthyamalais of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(3): 17939–17949. DOI: 10.11609/jott.6285.13.3.17939-17949 Reference page. 

• Sadasivan, K. & Kripakaran, M. 2022. First record of Proceratium Roger, 1863, Zasphinctus Wheeler, 1918, and Vollenhovia Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, description of three new species, and implications for Indian biogeography. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(7): 21368–21387. DOI: 10.11609/jott.7682.14.7.21368-21387 . Reference page. 

• Naicker, S.R.K., Chandrika, S.B., Kochunarayanan, B., Jose, J., Kripakaran, M., Palaniappan, R.C., Nair, V.P., Sadasivan, K. 2023. A new species of Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lycaenidae, Aphnaeinae) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Entomon 48(4): 553–566. PDF Reference page. 

• Sadasivan, K. & Sengupta, A. 2024. The Butterflies of Western Ghats: Their Status and Distribution. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 121(2): 126–174. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2024/v121/164523 PDF ReserchGate Reference page. 

• Sadasivan, K., P.C. Sujitha, Muhamed Jafer Palot, V.C. Balakrishnan, Toms Augustine, Baiju Kochunarayanan, Edayillam Kunhikrishnan, Jebine Jose, V.M. Anila, R. Mahesh, T.K. Sreenivasan & Nair, V.P. 2025. The butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of Kerala: Status and distribution. ENTOMON Monograph (2025) Series 1. 1–217. ResearchGate PDF DOI: 10.33307/entomon.v49i5.1501 Reference page.