Unni, the basal band on UNFW did not seem to be restricted to cell in your specimen, that is why I thought it was Tailless Lineblue. Perhaps you have another image in which this is clearer? White cilia tend to be tricky due to lighting.
________________________________ From: Unni Pulikkal <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 07:35:17 -0500 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] White-tipped Lineblue Dear Krishnamegh, I came to think this one as White-Tipped LB because of two points: 1. The cilia is white at the tip and not uniformly brown as in Tailless LB. 2. The basal band on UnF is confined to the cell (Evans) And, Kishen, why not post the pics on the forum for a discussion? I am no expert to make a final word. Happiness to you! unni www.imagery.in <http://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 <http://www.bafindia.org> ................................................. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> wrote: Unni, this is Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa). Amol Patwardhan and Yuwaraj Gurjar have very good pictures of the White-tipped Lineblue (P. noreia), perhaps they can post their images. E. Kunhikrishnan from TVM also has very good pictures, but I don’t think he is on this group. Krushnamegh. ________________________________ From: Unni Pulikkal <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 06:21:49 -0500 To: butterflyindia <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] White-tipped Lineblue Dear friends, I would like to discuss on this butterfly which I believe is a White-tipped Lineblue. Photographed in 2008 March, at Vellikulanagara, a low altitude mixed deciduous forest. (The place where I photographed this species no longer exists - the area was cleared off all vegetation and the land was handed over to the tribal people by the Government of Kerala.) Does anyone have better pictures of the species for comparison and confirmation of the ID? Any data on its distribution? Happiness to you! unni www.imagery.in <http://www.imagery.in> <http://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 <http://www.bafindia.org> <http://www.bafindia.org> ................................................. -- Enjoy
