Kishen, this is White-tipped Lineblue: https://picasaweb.google.com/107163590022930106187/Lineblues_LowRes#5581589844056190322
And possibly these are, too, but I can’t be 100% sure from these pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/107163590022930106187/Lineblues_LowRes#5581589861071470610 https://picasaweb.google.com/107163590022930106187/Lineblues_LowRes#5581589880199353986 You should be able to check if there are any other individuals of this species in your photo collection. The rest is a big mix of predominantly other Prosotas lineblues found in the Western Ghats, with a few Nacaduba lineblues and some other lineblues (several genera are called lineblues in English). The Prosotas lineblues are pretty easy to identify using Evans’ key but Nacaduba lineblues are tough. I helped you with the White-tipped Lineblue because it is uncommon in the Western Ghats, so your records are important. Check Evans’ key to identify the rest. You got to get to this group sooner or later. Cheers, Krushnamegh. ________________________________ From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:30:39 -0500 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] White-tipped Lineblue Let me know if you any of can quickly ID the Line Blues in the below link - https://picasaweb.google.com/107163590022930106187/Lineblues_LowRes# Information about the date and place is found on the right column, as part of the file name. Makutta is same as Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary. I would need lot of time to ID them, as I am not that familiar with Line Blues. Kishen On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:22 PM, 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 <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 <http://www.bafindia.org/> > ................................................. -- Enjoy
