Dear Krishnamegh, Any reason why Indian Fritillary was renamed to Palni Fritillary? In fact, the species is not limited to Palni hills alone. They are present in shola-grasslands of Nilgiri hills as well, though uncommon. I have photographed both sexes from sholas of Lovedale (Ooty) and sholas of Sholur, on way from Ooty to Gudallur, the last record was two weeks back.
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 Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Four Western Ghats endemics from the Butterflies of India website: > > Nilgiri Clouded Yellow (*Colias nilagiriensis*): > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/56-colias/colias-nilagiriensis > > Malabar Tree-Nymph (*Idea malabarica*): > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/113-idea/idea-malabarica > > Palni Fritillary (*Argynnis castetsi*): > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/122-argynnis/argynnis-castetsi > > Tailed Palmfly (*Elymnias caudata*): > > http://ifoundbutterflies.net/425-elymnias/elymnias-caudata > > 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 > > -- Enjoy
