Thanks Rohan & KK ji. Thanks for the information KK. Indeed I was lucky! I went into the forest after 4.30pm & I was pretty upset bcoz I knew I could hardly sight any butterflies at that hour. I saw one evening brown(dont know which one) & a line blue. I could not photograph these even after waiting for 10 mins for them to settle down. Then I photographed Hapmson's hedge Hopper. It was getting dark but I just thought I'll spend a few mins sitting beside a stream (deep inside I wanted to wait for butterflies :) & then I saw this beautiful skipper come by. It was feeding on the bird droppings undisturbed by my camera clicks. I spent nearly 10 mins watching it. I also took a photo with it :D. My husband was feeling left out & finally we had to leave as it was getting really dark there. The colors were so crisp & shiny, I've never seen anything like it.
I'm sure Kalesh ji can spot this one at Coorg. Looks like this butterfly knew where to find the bird droppings next to the stream. Regards, Rohini On 4/11/09, rohan lovalekar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I just cant take eyes away from the Pic. That is really awesome specimen. > And this butterlfy is ops beautifull that one can never take eye away from > it. Krushnamegh and me watched this beauty on our Final day at Baghmara in > Meghalaya. I still remember every second of that beautiful day. we got pics > of Indian Awlking, Varigated Rajah Tawny Rajah and Constable. And just after > clicking them we were hit by Heavy Rain and it was really amazing day for > us. > > Rohan > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> >> >> that's fabulous! it's a very fresh, beautiful male. the species is very >> rare in the western ghats and there are only a handful sightings in the past >> three decades in this area. but the species is not so uncommon in the >> himalayas and NE india. you are very lucky to see it in coorg. kalesh must >> be fuming; he loves this species but hasn't seen it yet :). >> >> >> At 12:42 AM +0530 4/11/09, Rohini Deshpande wrote: >> >> Taken at Coorg (on the way to Tandiyandamol peak). I saw this butterfly >> around 5.30pm near a tiny stream. It was feeding on bird droppings. >> >> Is this the male or female? Also is it common in the south(western ghats)? >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Rohini >> >> >> >> >> Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="IndianAwlking.jpg" >> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="IndianAwlking.jpg" >> X-Attachment-Id: f_ftd920d0 >> >> Attachment converted: Mammoth:IndianAwlking.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (0016DFBB) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Krushnamegh Kunte >> >> Post-doctoral Research Fellow >> 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] and [email protected] >> >> Academic Website: >> http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/AcademicsHome.htm<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ekunte/AcademicsHome.htm> >> General Website: >> http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ekunte/index.htm> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
