i haven't seen or heard of this species in pune so it is a new record for the city. otherwise, it is found widely in northern western ghats up to dangs, and in central indian hills.
At 3:34 PM +0530 11/18/09, Pinakin Karve wrote: > > >Hi > > I was out for butterflying in Sinhagad >Valley on 7th November 09. I came across these >two specimens. Both I Identified as pointed >ciliate blue. I have checked various checklists >for butterflies around Pune but no previous >record of this butterflies is found. Is it first >sighting of this butterfly around Pune ? Please >confirm if anyone has previous data. > >Snap 1 is a dark coloured specimen while >Snap 2 is a light coloured specimen. > >I think this variation is because of sex >differences but which one is which I dont know. >Experts please throw some light on this issue > > > >Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="Pointed ciliate blue 1.JPG" >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Pointed ciliate blue 1.JPG" >X-Attachment-Id: f_g25xbygv0 > >Attachment converted: Mammoth:Pointed ciliate >blue 1.JPG (JPEG/«IC») (0034CB4B) >Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="pointed ciliate blue 2.JPG" >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pointed ciliate blue 2.JPG" >X-Attachment-Id: f_g25xc0ow1 > >Attachment converted: Mammoth:pointed ciliate >blue 2.JPG (JPEG/«IC») (0034CB4C) -- Krushnamegh Kunte 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] and [email protected] Website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh -- Enjoy
