Congrats!! Arjan On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Sanjay sondhi <[email protected]>wrote:
> ** > > > Hello folks, > > Do peruse the link below > > http://ifoundbutterflies.org/441-lethe/lethe-visrava > > The White-edged Woodbrown, *Lethe visrava*, Moore, 1865 was spotted near > Sessni in Eaglenest WLS, West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in May > 2011 during a Lepidoptera survey. The same butterfly had also been sighted > in the same locality in Oct 2010. It was more common in May, with numerous > sightings of the male. I had only a single sighting of the female, which is > whitish, instead of the brown colour male (and its identification bothered > me no end-thanks to Krushnamegh for figuring this out). It is amongst the > few Lethe species which is sexually dimorphic, which means that the male and > female are different. > > A really nice description of the butterfly is mentioned in The Fauna of > British India Vol. 2 (1939) by G. Talbot. Wynter-Blyth, Talbot and Evans > mention its range as Sikkim to Bhutan and Talbot mentions sightings in > north-east Burma, so this is the first record in Arunachal Pradesh. WB also > mentions that the butterfly is seen on the wing in June and October, > implying that it is at least double-brooded, and my records in end May and > Oct confirm this. > > The butterfly is listed as "rare" by Evans, and "not rare" by WB. It is > also in the Schedule 2 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. > > Best > > Sanjay Sondhi > Founder Trustee, TITLI TRUST > Member, Kalpavriksh > +91 9412052189 > Dehradun > > www.titlitrust.com > www.kalpavriksh.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Arjan Basu Roy 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 West Bengal, India Be natures' mate! -- Enjoy
