Dear Friends,
Today's butterfly trail was at Yeoor and 16 people attended it. Morning we
started at around 7.30 AM from last bus stop.
We had fairly good sightings at Yeoor. The number of individuals were less. The
common ones like Plains cupid, leaf blue, sunbeams, red and slate flash, dark
ceruleans, hedge blue did not appear today. Following are todays sightitngs.
Chestnut bob Iambrix salsala DSFConjoined swift Pelopidas conjuncta prob
DSFMalabar spotted flat Celaenorrhinus ambaressa DSFAngled flat Tapena
twaithesiGolden angle Caprona ransonetti male DSF displaying scent scalesBrown
awl Badamia exclametionisGrass demon Eudaspes folus DSFCommon mormon Papilio
polytes maleSpot
swordtail Pathysa nomius 25+ individualsTailed
jay Graphium agamemnonCommon jay Garphium doson. more than 10 individuals. one
specimen was very dullCommon grass yellow Eurema hecabeCommon jezebel Delias
eucharisYellow orange tip Ixias pyrene 4 malesWhite orange tip Ixias marianne
prob male. was flying at distanceCommon gull Cepora nerissa maleStriped
albatorss Appias libythea. reported by Jayesh Timbadia/Avinash SantCommon
emigrant Catopsilia
pomonaPsyche Leptosia ninaCommon silverline Spindasis vulcanusDark grass blue
Zizeeria karsandraCommon cerulean Jamides celeno DSF almost whiteForget me not
Catochrysops straboCommon pierrot Castalius rosimonZebra blue Leptotes
pliniusCornelian Deudoryx epijarbasMalayan Megisba malaya DSF with less
spotPlum judy Abisara echeriusStriped tiger Danaus genutiaBlue tiger Tirumala
limniaceCommon crow Euploea core. Some males displaying hair pensilsCommon
evening brown Melanitis ledaBush brown Mycalesis spp.Common leopard Phalata
phalanthaPeacock pansy Junonia almanaChocolate pansy Junonia iphitaYellow pansy
Junonia hiertaLemon pansy Junonia lemoniasBlue oakleaf Kallima
horsefieldiCommon sailer Neptis hylasShort banded sailer Neptis
columellaCommander Moduza procrisGaudy baron Euthalia lubentina maleTawny rajah
Charaxes bernardus maleDanaid eggfly Hypolimnas missippus female mud
puddlingGreat eggfly H. bolina male and femaleWanderer Pareronia valeria
maleTawny
coaster Acraea violae
Apart from butterflies we saw both morphs Booted eagle flying together, crested
serpent eagle, oriental honey buzzard, paradise flycatcher male, scarlet
minivet female, yellow wagtail, black drongo, chestnut shouldered petronia,
emperor scorpion gravid female, young emperor scorpion.
Next visit is to Nagla Block on Sunday 22 Feb. 2009. Details will be mailed in
a day or two.
Regards,
Amol Patwardhan
www.amolpatwardhan.blogspot.com
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