i am the one who identified the adults in both cases so i should take
responsibility for these identifications. i have looked at the
pictures sent by kalesh and saji once again and both the adults have
a classical Neptis jumbah phenotype (kalesh and saji may perhaps want
to post pictures of the adults for comparison). but i do see that the
two larval phenotypes are strikingly different. kalesh and saji, are
you sure that your cats did not get mixed up at some point? i know
you rear a lot of cats at one time. if there was no confusion about
the cats, the whole thing is very intriguing and we should follow
this up. we may find something interesting here.
At 11:31 PM +0000 11/11/10, Keith Wolfe wrote:
Please forgive me for asking, Saji, but are you sure that the
caterpillar in your photos produced a Chestnut-streaked Sailer
adult? In a May 7, 2008, post, Kalesh showed us the larva of Neptis
jumbah, however, your cat differs significantly in coloration,
armature, and head shape -- too much so to be attributable to normal
larval variation. Conversely, Kalesh, are you (and Krushnamegh)
confident or your earlier ID? Thanks very much for clarifying.
Best wishes,
Keith
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:54:52 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Lifecycle of Chestnut-streaked Sailer -
Neptis jumbah
Dear Friends
My latest life cycle upload
Lifecycle of Chestnut-streaked Sailer - Neptis jumbah
Saji
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Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD
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FAS Center for Systems Biology
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Enjoy
