Looks like Rounded Pierrot to me Regards SP
On 4/20/09, Amber Habib <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > The attached picture is of the underside of a possible Rounded/Striped > Pierrot (Tarucaus nara) from North Delhi. This is one of 4 very similar > butterflies reported from this area, and as far as I have been able to read, > these cannot be safely distinguished from the underside alone. One source is > Torben Larsen's annotated checklist of Delhi butterflies. > > Here is a summary of the possibilities according to [Larsen]: > > Striped Pierrot (T nara) - (Includes extricatus and alteratus. T extricatus > seems to be usually called "Rounded Pierrot") - most common > > Balkan Pierrot - (T balkanicus) - rare > > Indian Pierrot - (T indica) - larger than T nara, uncommon, but > consistently present in some localities.(Larsen lists some localities in > South Delhi) > > Spotted Pierrot - (T callinara) - more "macular" (ie, blotchy) markings > than in other 3, which tend to form continuous bands. Uncommon/rare. > > T callinara may be eliminated by the markings. From the other 3, T nara is > most likely by its reported commonality. Can one do better than this? > > Amber > > ******************** > Amber Habib > Mathematical Sciences Foundation > Delhi > > > > > > -- Surya Prakash, Ph.D. ( Zoology) Room # 219 C.C.I.F. School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi 110067 INDIA Phone (Work) 26704184 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
