It has to be one of those botanists or plant enthusiasts or tourists who got the host plant or some plant from Himalayas to Delhi with the caterpillar or Pupa. Unless we see a sizeable community in Delhi, we should simply ignore such stray sightings. Thank you for the information.
Kishen On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Surya Prakash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Faisal this is the first record. I am coming there on saturday. Fiyaz > has spoken to me. > Great > SP > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:28 PM, MFaisal <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Greetings to everyone! >> >> Today on 30th November 2010, I spotted a himalayan butterfly, Indian >> Tortoise Shell (Aglais cashmiriensis) in Yamuna Biodiversity Park's >> Butterfly conservatory. Photo attached. >> Literature says that it is found from kashmir to Sikkim from terai upto >> 5360 m. >> I am amazed to see it here in Delhi. Can anyone share their observations >> on this butterfly and what are the host plants? >> >> >> Thanking you, with regards >> >> Mohammad Faisal >> Scientist-B >> Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) >> School of Environmental Studies >> University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Email: [email protected] >> Phone: ++91 (11)27616569 (Office), ++91-9311209821 (Cellular) >> Fax: ++91 (11)27666237, 27616569 >> >> > > > -- > Surya Prakash, Ph.D. ( Zoology) > Room # 219 C.C.I.F. > School of Life Sciences > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi 110067 > INDIA > Phone (Work) 26704184 > > > -- Enjoy
