Yeah, there is something with Hypolimnas misippus males. I have seen them doing this with few swallowtails including the mormons, but never seen an attempt to mount. One might initially think that its a territorial behavior, but then they will be gently flying with the other species for quite sometime. Occassionally you can also see Hypolimnas misippus straight away chasing off other butterflies, which is more appropriate for a territorial behavior. May be there are lot of gentlemen among "Hypolimnas misippus", who will gently shove off the uninvited bigger guests from their territory :-)).
If others have similar photos/experiences, please do share them. Kishen On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Vijayalakshmi Rao < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Photographed near Nanjangud, Mysore on 17 7 2008. For 10-11 Minutes they > were following each other. > > --- On *Thu, 10/28/10, ajith u <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: ajith u <[email protected]> > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] any inter cast marriage/mating reported for > butterflies ? > To: "butterflyindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 10:55 AM > > > > Hi, > I just got curious .. > was wondering if there is any inter cast marriage/mating reported for > butterflies. > Like mating of Blue tigers and Dark Blue tigers etc.. Though in animals > Donkeys and horses used to mate.. > > Thanks, > Ajith > > > -- > ######################## > Ajith > Bangalore. > +919900477887 > > Photo album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/uajith_set1 > > > ######################## > > > > -- Enjoy
