I waited for three years to identify a skipper that I saw fleetingly in Sikkim on my very first trip there. This time, the species – Mussoorie Bush Bob (Pedesta masuriensis) – was common everywhere Gaurav and I went, and finally I got a good look at it:
http://ifoundbutterflies.org/304-pedesta/pedesta-masuriensis Its relative, the Brown Bush Bob (Pedesta pandita), which was an addition for me this time, was also common: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/304-pedesta/pedesta-pandita I think Vivek Kumar Sarkar recently saw the Mussoorie Bush Bob in Buxa. Have other folks seen these or any other Pedesta in NE India in the recent past? They should be common in the right season at the right altitude. 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
