Dear all Had been to a 5 day trek across the sahyadri in and around the Malshej Ghat and the Nagar region. A part of our route included the plateau of Ghanchakkar which lies between Bhairavgad and Ratangad (across the Bhandardara Backwaters)
The Ghanchakkar plateau is vast and is a mixtures of thick forests and grasslands and interspersed with streams and trickling water...... found all the pansies in abundance there and the most notable was the dozens of angled castors that I found in that area though couldn't see a single castor plant !!! The only sad part is when you are in a trek you are with a group and dont hv the leisure of stopping to take pictures..... so didnt get any at all Planning to do only the Ghanchakkar route again to shoot and catalogue this particularly rare butterfly hardly seen at our normal trails. The last time i spotted this butterfly was at the Koyna forest when i had been for an animal census in April 05 This could be a very important site for our butterfly database on angled castors Regards Ravi -- ----------------------------- Ravi Vaidyanathan Mobile : 99877 77349 http://chakramhikers.com http://www.google.com/profiles/ravi.vaidyanathan ----------------------------- -- Enjoy
