most probably sailer 1 and 2 - Common Sailersailer 3 - Chestnut Streaked SailerSailer 4 - Short Banded Sailer Discussed many times by Krishnamegh and Peter, its very difficult to Id Neptis reliably without closely looking the male genitalia. As quoted by KK "a quick note since i am traveling: various Neptis (Sailers) are often named to species level from pictures of one wing surface on our group. i should point out that there are nearly a dozen species in the nata-soma-clinia group and in the ananta group that can't be distinguished reliably without dissecting male genitalia. even to begin to assign species to species groups, you need pictures of upper and undersides. so everyone, be cautious while trying to ID Neptis. it's not as easy a group as indian pictorial guides would lead you to believe. if you are using any of the popular field guides, confidence in identifications comes from lack of comprehensive coverage of species. besides, virtually all the books on indian butterflies are confused about the identities and names of various species from the Neptis nata-soma-clinia group. this stems from a historical taxonomic confusion, which has been largely sorted out now. however, authors of recent books on indian butterflies have a tendency to copy information from older books without understanding and without acknowledging (as opposed to taking information from up to date taxonomic/systematic literature, which is not always in the form of books). so most of the older taxonomic confusion has simply been copied in these newer books. the new pictorial guides are good for visual reference, but take the information in these books with a pinch of salt." Regards. Hemant Ogale --- On Fri, 28/1/11, kalluri subramanyam <[email protected]> wrote:
From: kalluri subramanyam <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Sailers for ID To: [email protected] Cc: "Monsoon Jyoti" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, 28 January, 2011, 10:08 PM Dear all, Pl ID the attached Sailers 1, 2 and 3 are taken at Maredumilli (Eastern Ghats), East Godavari Dt., AP, on 17, 19 and 20 Dec 2010 respectively on sunny cold weather days. 4 is taken at Narasapur forest 50km from Hyderabad on 26-01-2011 around 12pm 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
