Hi! I was looking at Milind's photo. Its more of an illusion of mating than mating. I think the Lesser Grass Blue and the Gram Blue are sitting on the same flower by chance. The position of the hind part also suggest that there is no contact.
Regards, Ashok --- On Fri, 5/11/10, Kishen Das <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] any inter cast marriage/mating reported for butterflies ? To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 5 November, 2010, 8:44 AM Ok, the first photo I sent was not by Abhijna Desai but by Milind Bhakare. I made a mistake while looking for the photographer's name and gave wrong credits. Sorry about that. This photo is initally posted here -> http://indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=56386 There is one more interesting photo by Milind ---> http://indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=75756 This time its - Zizeera lysimon and Euchrysops cnejus. I am not very convinced about this photo. It looks more like they landed next to each other !!! Even if they ended up mating, I don't think their genetic material will be compatible enough to produce an offspring. Kishen On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:35 AM, ajith u <[email protected]> wrote: was wondering how their KID butterfly will be :) On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:29 PM, 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 ######################## -- ######################## Ajith Bangalore. +919900477887 Photo album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/uajith_set1 ######################## -- Enjoy
