Dear Rajesh,
According to "the Plant list" * P. indica* is an accepted species name and *Pavetta crassicaulis* is also an accepted name for another species with *P. stocksii *as synonym. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-148562 http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-148420 The butterfly looks like a swift butterfly of Hesperidae family, may be Rice swift. Regards Giby On 5 June 2012 22:11, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote: > *Name of the Species*: *Pavetta crassicaulis (P. indica)* > > *Common/Local Name*: पापट > > *Family*: *Rubiaceae* > > *Photographed on*: 01st June`12 > > *Photographed at*: Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra > > *Habitat*: Deciduous forest, hill slope > > *Description* : recently flowered shrub, common in open forest hills and > slopes. > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
