Dear Friend,
Thanks for mail. I am glad you found some typos in the butterfly book.
You wrote - I have some doubts about your book.
1. You didn't mention the status of Tailless Bushblue ( pg No. 215 No.33).
Yes, it’s a typo and looks like it got deleted while being formatted, I checked
in my final manuscript. The Status is “ Locally Common”. The status is further
mentioned in the text if you read below.
2. No.119, plate 11, pg No.292, both of the pictures are noted as UN. If it is
so then is it sexual dimorphism??
You found another typo, but look below in the text- first one is UP and second
is UN.
3. Regarding your confusion between Forest Quaker and Blue Quaker, yes they are
very similar on underside. I checked again in BNHS Collection and upperside of
specimen seen in book matches perfectly with W. Doherty’s description of Blue
Quaker as a new species in “Notes on Assam Butterflies” J. asiat. Soc. Bengal,
Pt.2 58(1):127, pl.10, fig.6, 1889.
4. You give a photo of spotted palmfly( P.No.23) and mentioned its
mimicry(P.No. 24) but you didn't mention any detail account abut spotted
palmfly in type study of Nymphalids.
I have tried to squeeze in as many colour images wherever I could. Some species
which are not described will be included in the main text of next edition.
Thanks again and look out for more goofups!!!!
Cheers!
Isaac
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Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Back from the 2nd Asian Lepidoptera Conservation
Symposium
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Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 11:51 AM
Thank you Isaac ji. i was following your book "The Book of Indian Butterflies"
for most of the identification. I have some doubts about your book.
1. You didn't mention the status of Tailless Bushblue( P.No. 215 No.33)
2. No.119, plate 11, P.No.292, both of the pictures are noted as UN. If it is
so then is it sexual dimorphism??
3. I am bit confused in plate 13, P.No.294. The picture shown in 160 UN is so
similar to the picture shown in P.No.267, No.161, forest Quaker. Is it a
mistake or they really look that similar!!
4. You give a photo of spotted palmfly( P.No.23) and mentioned its
mimicry(P.No. 24) but you didn't mention any detail account abut spotted
palmfly in type study of Nymphalids.
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