Jayanti Jindabad! no words to say. Thanks Judhajit da and Indranil for sharing this valuable photo. regards Arjan
On 4/25/09, judhajit dasgupta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Friends, > > Recently, while we were on a trip to Jayanti, one of our friends, Indranil > Mandal had clicked a butterfly, which, after he sent the pix to me, turned > out to be Brown Gorgon. With his permission, I have attached the pix here. > > I have a question regarding this. How many species of Gorgons, or > Meandrusa (or Dabasa) species are there? Two? Or Three?. In M. Savela's > "Tree of Life" webpage (last updated sometime in 2007), there are three: > payeni, > gyas and sciron. Last two species are noted as synonymous in wiki page. > But the look of the Un wing of gyas, as painted in Wynter-Blythe or > elsewhere is not quite similar to that of Indranil's butterfly. Savela shows > the distribution of sciron in parts of China. Some webpages probably from > Thiland and other places in that region shows UN wing of sciron, and those > look exactly like that of Indranil's. > > Are the butterflies -- one with UN wings like Wynter-Blythe's depiction and > the one which Indranil got, two different species, or subspecies? What > would be their nomenclature? > > Best wishes to you all. > > Judhajit > > > > ------------------------------ > Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition > * Click > here!<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_firefox_1/*http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/> > > > > -- Arjan Basu Roy 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 West Bengal, India Be natures' mate! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
