Unni's picture resembling my earlier Athirumala Palani Fourring picture. I think this may be a palani fourring. with warm regards susanth
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Unni Pulikkal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am sorry that I could not post it earlier. > I made this shot at Nelliyampathy Hills in Oct 2009. > The species is strictly confined to the grassy-rocky terrain of the hills > and seems it never enters the adjoining shola forests. > Happiness to you! > unni > www.imagery.in > ................................................. > Dr.Unni Krishnan Pulikkal ARPS > Pady P.O., Kodaly, Thrissur Dt., > Kerala, India PIN.680699 > Cell: 9446508102 > Res: +91 480 2740735 > ................................................. > The Butterfly Art Foundation, India > www.bafindia.org > ................................................. > > > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Kunte, Krushnamegh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Susanth, thanks for posting this image once again. This is the picture I >> have in my reference collection and the one I was referring to in my >> previous email. This is a classic wing pattern of the Nilgiri Four-ring ( >> *Ypthima chenui*): prominent, broad yellow rings around ocelli on both >> fore- and hindwings, and much whiter underside. The Palni Four-ring (*Ypthima >> ypthimoides*) has much darker underside, and has very thin, somewhat >> obscure yellow rings around ocelli (this from Evans’ book). These characters >> are clearly seen in my pictures on the BOI website. >> >> Thanks for confirming the locality of your photograph. David Raju also >> just sent me Toms Augustine’s pictures of the species from near Thekkedy, so >> we have independent sightings from at least two areas. This piqued my >> curiosity once again, so I went back to some old literature to find out what >> others were saying about the distribution of these species. Wynter-Blyth was >> vague about the exact distribution of the Nilgiri Four-ring, so I wasn’t >> sure what he meant. But then Gaonkar’s Western Ghats list clearly states >> that “*Ypthima chenui* is found both south and north of the Palghat Gap >> 82. *Ypthima ypthimoidesis* found only south of the Palghat Gap”. So I >> guess this distributional pattern is well represented in museum specimens. I >> have personally never seen the Nilgiri Four-ring south of the Palghat Gap, >> though. I wonder why the Palni Four-ring is so common south of the Palghat >> Gap but the Nilgiri Four-ring is common in its north. Do you see the Nilgiri >> Four-ring commonly at Ponmudi? >> >> I do not recall seeing your other picture that’s used in Isaac’s book, so >> I do not know why I would have identified it as the Nilgiri Four-ring. >> >> 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: *Susanth c <[email protected]> >> *Reply-To: *butterflyindia <[email protected]> >> *Date: *Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:19:19 -0500 >> *To: *butterflyindia <[email protected]> >> *Cc: *"C. Susanth" <[email protected]> >> *Subject: *[ButterflyIndia] Fwd: Nilgiri Fourring >> >> >> Dear Krushnamegh, >> Here I again post my earlier Nilgiri Fourring posting in >> ButterflyIndia..This picture was confirmed as Nilgiri fourring by you and my >> earlier picture I send to Isaac's Book also confirmed as Nilgiri Fourring by >> you. >> My fourring pictures are taken from Ponmudi Hills.I havent taken any >> fourring picture from Palaghat gap. >> My Nilgiri Fourring u mentioned as Palani Fouring in Issack's book was >> taken from Athirumala, on the way to Agasthyakoodam peak during the year >> 2002-03 >> If you need my fourring pictures for more identification/clarification i >> will mail it to you. >> with warm regards >> Susanth >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: *Susanth c* <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM >> Subject: Nilgiri Fourring >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected], "C. Susanth" <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hai All, >> Here I attached the image of Nilgiri Four-ring-Ypthima* chenui* an >> endemic butterfly to Western Ghats >> taken from Ponmudi Hills(Trivandrum,Kerala) during 2008.I am thankful all >> members of Warblers and Waders for their field support and encouragement.I >> am also thankful to Krushnamegh for provide details and identification tips >> of Nilgiri four-ring and its kin Palani four-ring. >> With warm regards >> Susanth >> >> > > -- Enjoy
