Krishnamegh, sorry i forgot to add information about the Life Cycle... Life cycle done at Amboli. It took massive 75 days to complete .found the egg on 29.09.10. the egg hatched on 05.10 10 ( after a week). Pupation took place on 24.11.10 ( @ 7 weeks) and butterfly came out on 10.12.10 ( 2 weeks after pupation ) i found this egg on Diospyros sp . ( locally called ' Kalin ' - Because the bark is black ). Regards. Hemant
--- On Wed, 19/1/11, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Life cycle of Red Spot Duke........ To: "butterflyindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 19 January, 2011, 10:27 PM Hemant, that’s a great series. I never managed to rear this species, so this is especially exciting for me. Was this at Amboli recently? With best wishes, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Post-doctoral Research Fellow FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University 52 Oxford St., Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Ph: (617) 496-0078, Cell: (512) 577-1370, Fax: (617) 495-2196 Email: [email protected] Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] Personal website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh From: Hemant Ogale <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:58:29 -0500 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Life cycle of Red Spot Duke........ Dear All, Here is link for the Life cycle of Red Spot Duke... http://www.flickr.com/photos/9403324@N08/sets/72157625852772152/ Cheers. Hemant -- Enjoy
