it is indeed the same species but both are dry season forms. there is almost continuous variation between the wet season and the extreme dry season forms of subspecies medus shown in my pictures, with some specimens lacking the white band and spots altogether, to some having the white band but eye-spots obscured. your images capture that variation beautifully.
At 4:27 PM +0530 3/18/09, apollo hell frost wrote: >Hello KK ji. The attachment is not opening. I >think here are the same butterflies captured in >the month of December last year in Bauxa. are >they also two different seasonal form of Medus >Brown?? > > > > > &nb >sp; Regards, Vivek. > > > >From: Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, 18 March, 2009 12:15:58 AM >Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Bushbrown Which one?? > >this is the Medus Brown (Orsotriaena medus), >formerly the Nigger. the north indian subspecies >(medus, which you photographed) has much more >distinct wet and dry season forms than the sri >lanka-western ghats subspecies (mandata). see >the attached pictures for comparison, in which >the top pictures are the northern subspecies and >the lower two pictures are the southern >subspecies. the small picture on top is an >especially little-marked dry season form. >besides the DSFs, also notice the difference in >the width of the white band in the two >subspecies. > >At 9:36 PM +0530 3/17/09, satyendra tiwari wrote: > >>Dear KK, >> >>We were in Kaziranga recently. Very poor area >>at this time of the year for butterflies. >> >>We photographed this butterfly there but now I am confused that which one. >> >>Could you please help. >> >>Thanks. >> >>Satyendra >> >> >>Satyendra K.Tiwari >>Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist & Tour Leader >>H.No 129, P.O.Tala. Distt Umaria M.P. India >>Pin code 484-661 >>Tel. No. 07627-265309 day time phone only >> >> >> >>Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! >><http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/>Invite >> >>them now. >> >> >> >> >>Attachment converted: Mammoth:bush Brown For >>ID_DS#11CFED. jpg (xxxx/«IC») (0011CFED) >> > > >-- > >Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte > >Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Kronforst Lab) >FAS Center for Systems Biology >Harvard University >52 Oxford St >Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 >Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. > >Ph: (617) 496-0078 >Cell: (512) 577-1370 >Fax: (617) 495-2196 >Email: [email protected]. edu or krushnamegh@ gmail.com > >Academic Website: ><http://www.people>http://www.people. >fas.harvard. edu/~kunte/ AcademicsHome. htm >General Website: ><http://www.people>http://www.people. >fas.harvard. edu/~kunte/ index.htm > > > >Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! ><http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/>Invite > >them now. > > > > >Attachment converted: Mammoth:unknown bush brown1.JPG (JPEG/«IC») (00120E81) >Attachment converted: Mammoth:unknown bush brown2.JPG (JPEG/«IC») (00120E82) -- Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Kronforst Lab) FAS Center for Systems Biology Harvard University 52 Oxford St Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Ph: (617) 496-0078 Cell: (512) 577-1370 Fax: (617) 495-2196 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Academic Website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/AcademicsHome.htm General Website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
