Dear Subramanyam, Yes, it is the Painted Courtesan (female) . As such the Courtesan does not have the red basal markings on UNH. See my book for more details. Good record. Getting such rarely seen species is truly a memorable experience.Cheers!Isaac
See my Butterfly Images:http://www.flickr.com/photos/26689187@N00/ --- On Fri, 14/1/11, kalluri subramanyam <[email protected]> wrote: From: kalluri subramanyam <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Courtesan in Eastern Ghats _near Maredumilli To: [email protected] Cc: "Vijay Barve" <[email protected]>, "Minhajuddin Ahmed Faruqi" <[email protected]>, "USHODAYAN THAMPY" <[email protected]>, "Prabhu Podipireddy" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 3:08 AM Courtesan (Euripus nyctelius) This was shot on 19-12-2010 near Maredumilli 11.45AM on a riverbed while puddling on a trip to Maredumilli along with my friend D V Ramana. Under wing photo shot by him. I think this was not recorded during the Butterflyindia Meet-EG -2007 Pl confirm the ID Subramanyam Kalluri Vice President, BCS, Hyderabad Volenteer to AWIFO G-11, Swarna Jayanti Complex, Ameerpet,Hyderabad - 500 016 Mobile: 09866685175 My Picasa albums: http://picasaweb.google.com/subbukalluri -- Enjoy
