Soma and Kalesh, there is some confusion. The Forest Hopper from NE India that Kalesh and I are referring to is Astictopterus jama. The Coorg Forest Hopper (Arnetta mercara) used to be classified as a subspecies of Astictopterus jama, but it is now treated as a distinct species endemic to the Western Ghats.
Krushnamegh Kunte. ________________________________ From: Soma Jha <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:19:58 -0400 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Fwd: Id Request That's very interesting Dr Kalesh, to find a Coorg Forest Hopper in Assam. Thank you for helping with its identifications. Thanks to you also Krushnamegh. Soma On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:18 AM, kalesh s <[email protected]> wrote: Its Arnetta ,i thought it was from Western Ghats! Any way its Arnetta The forest hopper not the WG ssp.though similar! cheers! Dr.Kalesh.S Thiruvananthapuram Phone: Mob:9447044498; Res: 0471-2444982 EMAIL: [email protected] My Blog: http://theskippersofkerala.blogspot.com/ --- On Wed, 15/6/11, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Fwd: Id Request To: "butterflyindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 15 June, 2011, 1:47 AM Arnetta mercara (Coorg Forest Hopper) is endemic to the Western Ghats, so yours is not that. It could be a Dusky Partwing (=Coon; in any case, Psolos fuligo), but as I said, I can’t be sure from this picture. ________________________________ From: Soma Jha <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:58:10 -0400 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Fwd: Id Request Thank you. Do you mean Arnetta mercara? I checked on some Forest Hopper images on the net and they aren't as dark as the one I got. Could mine not be a Coon? regards, soma On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> wrote: Could be Forest Hopper, hard to be sure without better pictures. ________________________________ From: Soma Jha <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:40:27 -0400 To: butterflyindia <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Fwd: Id Request Many thanks for the ids.. May I take this opportunity to re-request the id of this butterfly that I photographed in Jorhat? Couldn't get better shots. Thanks again. Soma On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > wrote: Soma, 061 is a male Common Albatross (Appias albina): http://ifoundbutterflies.org/65-appias/appias-albina 566 is Common Quaker (Neopithecops zalmora): http://ifoundbutterflies.org/236-neopithecops/neopithecops-zalmora 572 is a male Dark Archduke (Lexias dirtea). No page for this species on Butterflies of India yet, but we will cover it in the next couple of weeks. There is another species of Archduke on the website, though: Great Archduke (Lexias cyanipardus): http://ifoundbutterflies.org/141-lexias/lexias-cyanipardus With best wishes, Krushnamegh. ________________________________ From: Soma Jha <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> <http://[email protected]> > Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> <http://[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:32:11 -0400 To: butterflyindia <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> <http://[email protected]> > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Fwd: Id Request Reposting my butterfly requests with the hope that this time it will be noticed. soma jha ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Soma Jha <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> <http://[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:51 AM Subject: Id Request To: butterflyindia <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> <http://[email protected]> > These were seen in the Gibbon WLS, Assam. Please help me with their names. Thanks. Soma Jha -- Enjoy
