kishen, as far as we know, the species doesn't occur in the western
himalaya. you may have seen the Common Peacock (Papilio bianor
polyctor) or the Blue Peacock (Papilio arcturus arius). you have to
have a close look to distinguish the peacocks.
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Kishen Das
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
wrote:
Thats neat !!!
Thanks for sharing.
I remember seeing this fellow near Kargil, but could not take its
picture :-(. Some day ...
Kishen
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Krushnamegh Kunte
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
One of the advantages of working in a research museum is that I get
to see butterfly specimens up close like I will probably never see
in the field. Here is one such species, the Krishna Peacock (Papilio
krishna). It ranges from E. Himalaya, NE India, N. Myanmar, SW China
to N. Thailand, but the subspecies shown here (krishna) is endemic
to E. Himalaya, NE India and NW Myanmar.
This image was created from a specimen in Harvard's Museum of
Comparative Zoology. I hope that someone on this group will some day
post an image as beautiful as this one, taken in nature.
--
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FAS Center for Systems Biology
Harvard University
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Gaurav Agavekar.
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Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD
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]
Other emails: [email protected], [email protected]
Personal website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm
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Enjoy
