Hi Deepa, I was in the same state as you 2 yrs back. Though I'm not an expert yet, I have learnt a lot about butterflies over the past two years.I first started to visit few websites & later bought few books on Indian butterflies. This group has also helped me. here are some websites: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/PhotographyIndianPeninButt.htm - This site is very helpful for beginners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_India The two good books that I own are Butterflies of Peninsular India<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/ButterfliesBookHome.htm> - Krushnamegh Kunte <http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/Krushnamegh.htm> The Book of Indian Butterflies by Isaac Kehimkar Most of the people in this group upload the butterfly photos on flickr.comwith tag butterflyindia. So you can even search for butterflyindia tag on flickr.com. Hope you enjoy the world of butterflies! Regards, Rohini On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Ramjee Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Deepa, > *Vanakkam! *Greetings from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. > Am in the same boat. I started getting interest in observing butterflies > only in the last few months (six odd). All I did was got a copy of a good > field guide and for every image shared, try reading the details from the > book. Then I also try searching for images through google from where you get > one or the other form (UP, UN, DSF and WSF) of the sps. I save all these > images in separate folders for referencing again... > > Enjoying the joy of learning... ;-) I do this by sharing the little I've > learnt with my son (4th Std). We also play quiz in recognizing the > names... > Now we can confidently identify and recognize quite a few... > > regards, > ramjee > > ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:16 AM > *Subject:* Re: [ButterflyIndia] Please help.... > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Rohini Deshpande <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi deepa, >> >> these are the ones i could recongnise. Some images are not very clear. >> >> 1. CLIPPER >> 3. most likely large 4 lineblue >> 4. Rustic >> 5. >> 6. >> 7.blue tiger >> 8. >> 9.common sailer >> Regards, >> Rohini >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you Rohini! > > On the butterflyindia egroup; I get the feeling that unless I post "rare" > or "expert" photos, I will not get any response. But as a beginner, how > would I know which are the rare and common ones unless I get help to learn > the different names? I have asked for help earlier, but did not get a > response, so I am doubly grateful to you for responding! > > Beginners (like me) need to learn the common butterflies/moths first, > before going to more "advanced" levels; and I often find that the behaviour > of "common" species is as fascinating as that of the "rare" ones. And since > there is the "open-wing" and "closed-wing" appearance, as well as the > "dry-season" and "wet season" appearance, as well as the caterpillar an > larvae id, it's going to be a very slow process as far as I am concerned! > > With gratitude, Deepa. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
