Hi, Toby Larsen's checklist of Delhi butterflies (http://www.flutters.org/home/docs/issue3.pdf) mentions two other Tarucus: T. balkanicus (Balkan Pierrot) and T. indica (Indian Pierrot). Any pointers on distinguishing T. nara from these?
Amber Habib >________________________________ >From: Blaise <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 12:47 PM >Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) Blaise > > > >Hi All, > >KK, thanks. Here are the pics.... > >Also I hv formatted them to width 680pixels, if u require them fr the IFB website, pls go ahead n upload them.... > > >Blaise > > > >Original Message ----- >From: Kunte, Krushnamegh >>To: butterflyindia >>Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:00 PM >>Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) >>Blaise >> >> >>Blaise, I had had only a quick look at your picture when you posted it since >>I was busy with other things. If I remember correctly, it looked like the >>Striped Pierrot to me. I can confirm this if you send me the picture again. >>I will only mention at this point that this is a very variable species. >> >>I will be happy to upload UP of the Spotted Pierrot if anyone has it and wants to contribute to the website. I have several more UN images, I will upload them when I find time. >> >>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] >>Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ >> >>Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ >>IFB email: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>From: Blaise Pareira <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> >>Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:36:06 -0400 >>To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) >>Blaise >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Hi All, >> >>KK, Thanks v much fr taking time to explain... really appreciate that.... >> >>The reason I posted was that the male of T nara has only single spot in FW >>cell.... but the FW of the specimen in my pic is different... So was >>wondering what it was... BTW there was no UP pic of T callinara on the >>website... >> >> >>Blaise >> >> >> >> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>> >>>From: Kunte, Krushnamegh <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>>To: butterflyindia <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>>Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 3:25 AM >>> >>>Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) >>>Blaise >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Shyam, confusion about these English names stems from two synonyms ofTarucus nara. Evans (1932) first called nara the Striped Pierrot, the name that I continue to use. The synonyms of nara, as currently understood, which Evans treated as distinct species and gave them separate English names, are: >>> >>>1. Tarucus extricatus Butler, 1886, called by Evans “Rounded Pierrot”. >>>2. Tarucus alteratus Moore, 1882, called by Evans “Rusty Pierrot”. >>> >>>Since extricatus and alteratus are synonyms ofnara, one could also use >>>Rounded Pierrot and Rusty Pierrot as English names of Striped Pierrot. I >>>think I had written about this on the group some time ago, and now I have >>>added some text to the T. nara species page to cover the above names. So, >>>now there is a permanent record of these names and synonymy on the >>>website, which anyone should be able to access any time in the future. You >>>should also be able to find the correct species pages in the future even >>>if you are searching the website with alternative names. Also, there will >>>be detailed discussion of these names and their history in my upcoming >>>Catalogue, so you can get further details from there from next year. >>> >>>BTW, Spotted Pierrot (Tarucus callinara) is a different species. >>>Bothcallinara andnara have species pages on the Butterflies of India >>>website: >>> >>>http://ifoundbutterflies.org/250-tarucus-dp2 >>> >>>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] >>>Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ >>> >>>Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ >>>IFB email: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>________________________________ >>> From: SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> >>>Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> >>>Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:10:11 -0400 >>>To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> >>>Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) >>>Blaise >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Perhaps the Butterfly India site calls this Spotted Pierrot? When did the >>>name change came about? >>>And tried enough though I did, I can't easily distinguish between that and the Striped Pierrot. Some enlightenment would be welcome. >>>Cheers >>> >>> >>>>>>________________________________ >>> From:Blaise <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected] >>>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 10:45 PM >>>Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) Blaise >>> >>> >>> >>>Hi All, >>> >>>Saw this one in a vacent plot in Borivili, Mumbai today.... >>> >>>Fr id confirmation... >>> >>>TIA >>> >>>Blaise >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- Enjoy
