Dear Krushnamegh, Its really interesting..Two of my frined,Anzil have photographed Nilgiri four ring from Neyyar & Toms had photographed this from Wagamon also. will tell them to post the pics soon. Its look very similar to what we photographed in Upper Bhavani!. Warm Regards David On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > Some of you may know that the Palghat Gap in the Western Ghats is a major > biogeographic barrier that separates many high-elevation shola > forest-montane grassland endemics to its north (Nilgiris-Coorg) and south > (Anamalais southward). Here are two such endemic species pairs from the > butterfly world: the Red-eye Bushbrown (*Heteropsis adolphei*) and the > Nilgiri Four-ring (*Ypthima chenui*) are endemic to the Nilgiris and > Coorg: > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/444-mycalesis/heteropsis-adolphei > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/453-ypthima/ypthima-chenui > > and the Red-disc Bushbrown (*Heteropsis oculus*) and the Palni Four-ring ( > *Ypthima ypthimoides*) are endemic to the Anamalais and hill ranges south > of it: > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/444-mycalesis/heteropsis-oculus > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/453-ypthima/ypthima-ypthimoides > > Note that the two Bushbrowns above were until recently included under * > Mycalesis*. The move from *Mycalesis *to* Heteropsis* is based on the work > of our very own Ullasa: > > Kodandaramaiah, U., D. C. Lees, C. J. Müller, E. Torres, K. P. Karanth and > N. Wahlberg. 2010. Phylogenetics and biogeography of a spectacular Old World > radiation of butterflies: the subtribe Mycalesina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: > Satyrini).* BMC Evolutionary Biolog*y, 10:172. > > Abstract at: > > http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/172 > > Two further notes: (1) Susanth has recently shown me picture of the Nilgiri > Four-ring taken at Ponmudi (near Thiruvananthapuram), south of the Palghat > Gap. The matter of how that specimen got there needs to be settled. And > Susanth, are you absolutely sure about the locality? (2) Another of > Susanth’s picture used as that of the Nilgiri Four-ring in Isaac Kehimkar’s > book is actually a Palni Four-ring. So make a note if you use that book for > identification. > > With best wishes, > > Krushnamegh. > ------------------------------------------------- > > Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD > > 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] > Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] > > Personal website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm > Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ > Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh > > -- Enjoy
