Hi Issac Sir, Thanks for your reply.
Gopalpur, Orissa is a sea-beach and we were staying just by the side of the beach. Starting from our arrival I started seeing some Crimson Rose butterfly here and there. The very next day I got up early in the morning and went along the sea-shore mainly in search of waders but surprisingly found out many Crimson Rose flying in the beach. As I started going away from the beach towards the fishermen locality the numbers were increasing. Really now there were plenty of them. Among them I also saw one or two Common Mormon and Common Rose. Also to mention, there was a particular grassy patch with some flowering plants (sorry I am very bad at plants but I think may be it's flowers of drumstick trees) where there were much at least more than 100s of Crimson Roses nectoring and it was a beautiful sight to enjoy. There also I found 1 or 2 Common Rose butterfly. Next day it was again the same view, but this day I saw many more particularly flying here and there in the beach. Also to mention Maitreyee Das, another senior co-birder also spotted a similar scenario of Crimson Rose four years back at Bhitarkanika, Orissa on January 26th 2006. Bhitarkonika is also on the same coastline as of Gopalpur and very nearby also. She also spotted most of the Crimson Roses on flowers of drumstick trees. And also thanks for sharing your photos. Those are just excellent. Thanks, Avisek Chatterjee Kolkata, West Bengal Ph: 9831702267 Email: [email protected] --- In [email protected], Isaac Kehimkar <isaackehim...@...> wrote: > > Dear Avisek, > This is indeed a very interesting and new information about Crimson Rose. >  Similar congregations and migration of this butterfly Kanyakumari during > December.Could you tell us more about your observations at > Gopalpur.Thanks!Isaac > > See my Butterfly Images:http://www.flickr.com/photos/26689...@n00/   > > --- On Wed, 25/8/10, Avisek Chatterjee <exploring.hori...@...> wrote: > > From: Avisek Chatterjee <exploring.hori...@...> > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Butterfly: Crimson Rose in Gopalpur 21st Aug 2010 > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 25 August, 2010, 3:24 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > Last weekend I was off to Gopalpur, a sea beach in Orissa-Andhra border for a > normal trip with office colleagues(strictly not for birding). > > But Gopalpur gave me some interesting find. There were atleast 1000s of > Crimson Rose butterfly flying here and there. I saw a few Common Rose but it > was hard to spot a Common Mormon there. It seems that place is the den for > all Crimson Roses. Although in huge numbers but it gave me a real tough time > to shoot one as it sits little and if so also it keeps on flattering its > wings. At last I managed to take a few shots and these two open and close > wing images are the results. :-) > > Also to mention this place is really good for raptor watchers and > photographers as a place was full of raptors whole day long, mostly black > kite and brahminy kites. > Location: Gopalpur. > > State: Orissa.Date: 21st August 2010 > > Type of Species: Butterfly.Species Name: Crimson Rose. > Cheers,Avisek. > -- Enjoy
