Krushnemegh, Cant explain how upset I was seeig ISSAC book thinking that my identification was wrong of a butterfly which was so common in Kalakad. Remember that you had earlier cleared the air for me !!!
S 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
