unfortunately, i only have the underside. as far as i know, these butterflies don't bask with wings open, so it is hard to capture the blue bands on the upper side. maybe someone can get an accidental shot when the butterfly flies away.
>From: Yashodan Heblekar <[email protected]> >Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:42:07 -0800 (PST) >Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Koh-i-Noor (Amathuxidia amythaon) >Reply-To: [email protected] > >Beautiful ! hadn't even seen a photograph before . Do you have taken with t= >he wings open ? >________________________________ >From: Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> >To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> >Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 10:21:31 PM >Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Koh-i-Noor (Amathuxidia amythaon) > >nothing like starting with a bang! here's the Koh-i-Noor (Amathuxidia amyth= >aon), one of the most spectacular butterflies in india: very large, dazzlin= >g blue-banded above, rare. had wanted to see this for many years. rafeek sa= >w it in the NE last year, this year was my turn. i saw this feeding from a = >scat. it was so absorbed in it that i could go sit next to it and it wouldn= >'t be bothered. so i kept happily snapping away for a few minutes. it felt = >wonderful! > >Krushnamegh Kunte -- 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] Website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh -- Enjoy
