hi, even i have one record this year in month of october in Empress garden pune.
-Sohini --- On Tue, 8/12/09, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> wrote: From: Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Pointed Ciliate Blue - First Sighting in Pune ? To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 8 December, 2009, 2:39 PM i haven't seen or heard of this species in pune so it is a new record for the city. otherwise, it is found widely in northern western ghats up to dangs, and in central indian hills. At 3:34 PM +0530 11/18/09, Pinakin Karve wrote: Hi I was out for butterflying in Sinhagad Valley on 7th November 09. I came across these two specimens. Both I Identified as pointed ciliate blue. I have checked various checklists for butterflies around Pune but no previous record of this butterflies is found. Is it first sighting of this butterfly around Pune ? Please confirm if anyone has previous data. Snap 1 is a dark coloured specimen while Snap 2 is a light coloured specimen. I think this variation is because of sex differences but which one is which I dont know. Experts please throw some light on this issue Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="Pointed ciliate blue 1.JPG" Content-Disposition : attachment; filename="Pointed ciliate blue 1.JPG" X-Attachment- Id: f_g25xbygv0 Attachment converted: Mammoth:Pointed ciliate blue 1.JPG (JPEG/«IC») (0034CB4B) Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="pointed ciliate blue 2.JPG" Content-Disposition : attachment; filename="pointed ciliate blue 2.JPG" X-Attachment- Id: f_g25xc0ow1 Attachment converted: Mammoth:pointed ciliate blue 2.JPG (JPEG/«IC») (0034CB4C) -- 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]. edu and krushnamegh@ gmail.com Website: http://www.people. fas.harvard. edu/~kunte/ index.htm Google profile: http://www.google. com/profiles/ krushnamegh The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Enjoy
