Dear Toshita, This is a hypothetical question. Earlier they used catch and identify. Of course now also you can do that with a permission for taxonomy study.
Otherwise in field trips with experience most of them are identified which has not got much variations, for example swallowtails. Since the digital photography has got the advantage of immediate check some more can be identified consulting the team mates. Then comes checking the photos with the available literature. Even then for some (Hesperiidae) require UN and UP wing photo. For sailors fully opened upper wings are important. There we require the experts advise, since they might have handled so many specimens during their taxonomy study. Finally some require only taxonomy study. Experience will lead to perfection. Even if we are not perfect our contribution is valuable. It is only an elderly advise. Best wishes 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 ________________________________ From: Toshita Barve <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 12:29:55 AM Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Leaf Blue_ID Hi, I will remember that, but I don't go to field visits because I am not in India. Two questions. Is it a Leaf Blue (Amblpodia anita)? When you make field trips how do you decide which butterfly is which?? Don't you need photos for that?? Regards Toshita ________________________________ From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 1 February, 2011 20:29:56 Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Leaf Blue_ID Dear Toshita, I love your enthusiasm, but don't rely on couple of photos from the internet for IDing. As I mentioned earlier, most of the species show great amount of individual , sex-related and seasonal variations. Please make more field visits and get used to these variations. Thanks, Kishen On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Toshita Barve <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, >I don't think that is a Leaf Blue (Amblpodia anita). Here is the link : >http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakrishnan_valappil/3216300943/ > >Regards >Toshita > > > > > > ________________________________ From: kalluri subramanyam <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Cc: Arjan Basuroy <[email protected]> >Sent: Mon, 31 January, 2011 21:17:26 >Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Leaf Blue_ID > > > > > Dear all, > > >Pl ID >Taken at Narasapur forest 50km from Hyderabad on 26-01-2011 around 12pm > > >Regards 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
