Ganges Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle ("Chitra indica"), Indian softshell turtle ("Nilssonia gangetica"), Indian peacock softshell turtle ("N. hurum") and Cantor's giant softshell turtle ("Pelochelys cantorii"; only in the lowermost section of Ganges basin). Most of these are seriously threatened. The river's most famed fauna is the freshwater Ganges river dolphin ("Platanista gangetica gangetica"), which has been declared India's national aquatic animal. This dolphin used to exist in large schools near to urban centres in both the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, but is now seriously threatened by pollution and dam construction. Their numbers have now dwindled to a quarter of their numbers
Asystasia gangetica that use "A. g. micrantha" as a larval foodplant; "Junonia oenone", "Junonia hierta", "Junonia natalica", "Junonia terea", "Protogoniomorpha parhassus", "Hypolimnas misippus" and "Microplexia costimaculalis". The vigorous growth of "A. g. micrantha" in tropical regions makes it a weed which can smother certain indigenous vegetation where it has been introduced. Asystasia gangetica Asystasia gangetica is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is commonly known as the Chinese violet, coromandel or creeping foxglove. In South Africa this plant may simply be called asystasia. This plant is a spreading herb or groundcover, reaching 600 mm in height or up to