folks, Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis) is a tiny lycaenid butterfly that is very common in india. its description is on p. 166 of my book, and reference pictures are on plate 24 in the book and at:
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/PhotographyLycaenidae/pages/Lesser%20Grass%20Blue_jpg.htm i am looking at this species more closely for some taxonomic and distributional work that i am doing. would you please post your images from all over india (especially north and NE india) so that i can check out the variation in this species? it does not matter how good the pictures are as long as at some markings can be seen in your pictures. although the whole butterflyindia group may be interested in your pictures, you are also welcome to send pictures directly to me if you want. thanks in advance, -- Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Kronforst Lab) 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] or [email protected] Academic Website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/AcademicsHome.htm General Website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
