Unni, I would like to see your images of both sexes from the Nilgiris. As for the names, look out for my forthcoming Catalogue for a detailed discussion of this matter. It should be ready towards the end of this year.
Cheers, Krushnamegh. ________________________________ From: Unni Pulikkal <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:33:17 -0500 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Western Ghats endemics from the Butterflies of India website Dear Krishnamegh, Any reason why Indian Fritillary was renamed to Palni Fritillary? In fact, the species is not limited to Palni hills alone. They are present in shola-grasslands of Nilgiri hills as well, though uncommon. I have photographed both sexes from sholas of Lovedale (Ooty) and sholas of Sholur, on way from Ooty to Gudallur, the last record was two weeks back. Happiness to you! unni www.imagery.in <http://www.imagery.in> ................................................. Dr.Unni Krishnan Pulikkal ARPS Pady P.O., Kodaly, Thrissur Dt., Kerala, India PIN.680699 Cell: 9446508102 Res: +91 480 2740735 ................................................. The Butterfly Art Foundation, India www.bafindia.org <http://www.bafindia.org> ................................................. On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> wrote: Four Western Ghats endemics from the Butterflies of India website: Nilgiri Clouded Yellow (Colias nilagiriensis): http://ifoundbutterflies.net/56-colias/colias-nilagiriensis Malabar Tree-Nymph (Idea malabarica): http://ifoundbutterflies.net/113-idea/idea-malabarica Palni Fritillary (Argynnis castetsi): http://ifoundbutterflies.net/122-argynnis/argynnis-castetsi Tailed Palmfly (Elymnias caudata): http://ifoundbutterflies.net/425-elymnias/elymnias-caudata 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] <http://[email protected]> Other emails: [email protected] <http://[email protected]> , [email protected] <http://[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
