Hi all, Here’s the latest update on the Butterflies of India website, which I just prepared for this page:
http://ifoundbutterflies.org/latest/boi-update-564-species-pages-176-lifecycles-8500-reference-photos-2011/09/13 BOI update: 564 species pages, 176 lifecycles, 8,500 reference photos: 13 Sept. 2011 Another month, another major development: On 13 Sept. 2011, the Butterflies of India has 564 species pages, 176 lifecycles, identification keys for three species groups, and 8,500 reference images. In the past two months we have taken up one challenging group after another and built species pages for a large proportion of species from those groups. Examples include Lethe (Treebrowns, Foresters, Silverforks <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/lethe> , etc.), Ypthima (Rings) <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/ypthima> , and Mycalesis (Bushbrowns) <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/mycalesis> . We also have a fairly good representation of many species-rich and relatively easy groups, such as Papilio (Mormons, Ravens, Helens, Peacocks, Mimes <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/papilio> , etc.), Graphium (Jays, Swordtails, Zebras, <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/graphium> etc.), Euthalia and Tanaecia (Barons, Counts, Earls, etc.) <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/euthalia> , Athyma (Sergeants) <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/athyma> , Euploea (Crows) <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/euploea> , and Arhopala (Oakblues) <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/search/arhopala> . All the 564 species pages and the 176 lifecycles, along with the latest additions, can be easily accessed at there two pages: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/species-pages/history-of-species-pages-on-butterflies-of-india-website http://ifoundbutterflies.org/species-pages/lifecycles-on-butterflies-of-india-website Major players in this recent development have been Rohan Lovalekar, Gaurav Agavekar, Hemant Ogale, Subramanyam Kalluri, Rohit Girotra, Rudraprasad Das, K. Saji, Balakrishnan Valappil, Shyam Ghate, Satyendra Kumar Tiwari, K. M. Haneesh, Sanjay Sondhi, Kalesh Sadasivan and Ullasa Kodandaramaiah. Big thanks to them and to a host of other people who contributed an assortment of images. It appears that our website is now heavily used: we have had 256,000 visits since the website was launched in January 2010, but over 240,000 of these visits in the past eight months alone. That is, slightly over 1,000 visits per day since we recovered the website towards the end of January 2011. We hope to continue to grow at this pace, and remain just as helpful to the Indian butterfly-watching community, in the future. As always, your participation and contributions towards building this free, peer-reviewed, online resource on Indian butterflies are welcome. We can thrive only as a large, dedicated team. -- Krushnamegh Kunte, editor, Butterflies of India. 13 Sept. 2011. ------------------------- 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] Personal website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] -- Enjoy
