All these butterflies locally migrate whenever they exhaust their host plants. Thank you so much for your notes.
Kishen On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:10 PM, satyendra tiwari <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Dear Kishen > This is all our lan records. > July was full of Lime butterflies. more than 30 individuals were seen > feeding on flowers of Peacock Plant. > Than came Common Rose ate all my aristolochia and suddenly disappered. Now > i CAN SEE more than twenty pupae hanging in the garden. > At present it is Common crow breeding on Karonda fruit shrub. > Common and Lemon emigrant are breeding in the garden but their eggs are > eaten by ants and so the young caterpillars. Spiders are other predators. > We still dont know why all of sudden they comes and disappeare. > Thanks > Satyendra K.Tiwari > Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist & Tour Leader > H.No 129, P.O.Tala. Distt Umaria M.P. India > Pin code 484-661 > Tel. No. 07627-265309 day time phone only > > --- On *Fri, 17/9/10, Kishen Das <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Its Butterfly Migration time again !!! > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 17 September, 2010, 10:15 AM > > > > Thank you. > Please keep me informed whenever you observe mass movements/roosting > of Euploea spp. and Tirumala spp. in Kerala. > This is critical to know their complete natural history. > > Same request goes to others in this group as well. > > In Maharashtra, you can actually observe the migration of Striped Tigers as > well. > > So, please keep an eye on Emigrants, Lime butterflies, Tigers, Crows, and > Albatrosses. > Mail me or to the group if you see them in mass or observe anything > interesting. > > I am maintaining the record of these sightings and this will be shared with > the group twice a year. > > Thanks again, > Kishen > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Susanth c > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Dear Kishen > I observed migration of butterflies from Ootty to Nilambur > during April-May this year.The peak of migration observed during April and > less in May. > with warm regards > Susanth > > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Kishen Das > <[email protected]<http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Dear All, > > I am attaching a map where I have highlighted the places where myself and > others have observed butterfly migration for last 10 years. > If any of you happen to be from these places and see migration, please > inform me. > > To learn more about these migrations go through - > http://www.slideshare.net/kishendas/butterfly-migration-latestkishendas-4284839 > > > Below is the annotated migration records from previous season ( April-May > 2010) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > *Format:* > ** > Location > Activity > Date > Name of the person > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Near H.S.R layout, Sector 1, 12th cross, 27th main, Bangalore, Karnataka > Roosting of 350-400 Euploea spp. and Tirumala spp. butterflies > April 20th till April 30th 2010 > By Prasad BR > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > GKVK Campus, Bangalore, Karnataka > Migration of Tirumala limniace, Tirumala septentrionis, Catopsilia sp. and > Papilio demoleus towards North East > May 5 2010 > By Dr. Sanjay Sane (NCBS) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mekedatu, Karnataka > Tirumala septentrionis emerging from pupae > May 7th 2010 > By Abhijna Desai > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Near Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka > Migration of Tirumala septentrionis, Euploea sylvester, Euploea core, > Danaus chrysippus, and Danaus genutia towards North East from South. > Also seen clusters of these butterflies at Bangalore University > May 16 2010 > By Vivek > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Many places in Bangalore including water body Nalligudde, Konanakunte, etc > Many butterflies migration from south to north towards Kanakpura and > nectaring butterflies of Eupatorium sp. > May 20 2010 > By Vishnupriya Hathwar > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bangalore, Karnataka > Catopsilia pyranthe and Tirumala septentrionis 45 in number migrating > across 10 by 10 meter cross section in 10 minutes. > Also observed Euploea spp. > May 22 2010 > By Haneesh KM > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Bangalore , Karnataka > Roosting of about 100 Tirumala septentrionis on a Coconut leaves. > Catopsilia pyranthe migrating > May 28 2010 > By Haneesh KM > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks and Regards, > Kishen > > > > > > -- Enjoy
