Wishing you a Blue Peacock (Papilio arcturus) for 2012 :). With best regards,
Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India. Ph: +91 80 2366-6001/02, extension 6410 Mobile: + 91 9403-975-925 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Emails: [email protected], [email protected] From: Gaurav Agavekar <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:57:43 +0530 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Photos of the year Hello folks, It was in my mind to write this email since many days but could not do it for various reasons; sorry for being late. For me, 2011 was a very good year for butterflying. As Krushnamegh mentioned in his email, we had a great trip to Sikkim and found some of the most amazing butterflies. It was my dream to photograph Krishna Peacock and it unexpectedly came true in Sikkim. So, here are some of my best photographs of the year. This year was also great for me in terms of photography, I learned many new things and tried to improve myself. Symbrenthia silana, Scarce Jester: In our trip to Sikkim, I photographed all the Jesters which are found in India. Probably I am the only one who has photographed all the jesters in a single trip! :) But this Jester is a very special one. We were walking through the Pabung Khola in South Sikkim and the butterfly activities were very low. Suddenly we found this Jester and Krushnamegh identified it as Scarce Jester on the spot! Then we spent a lot of time with it, as it started puddling on our shoulders, hands and noses. It was an amazing experience to have this rare butterfly on my nose! Dodona adonira, Striped Punch: The forests of Rolep in the East Sikkim are very rich where we found this butterfly. This butterfly looks just awesome! We also found Enispe euthymius the Red Caliph there. This is my most favorite butterfly picture till date. Papilio paris, Paris Peacock: Hemant (Ogale) and I took a butterfly photography workshop at the Butterfly Conservatory of Goa. During that trip we visited Tambdi Surla, part of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary of Goa. I had photographed Paris Peacock from northeast before but not the southern subspecies. This specimen was very beautiful and allowed us to take some striking photograps. Parag (Rangnekar) was also there with us. Cheers. -- Gaurav Agavekar. -- Enjoy
