http://books.google.co.in/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Butterflies+of+Peninsular+India+By+Krushnamegh+Kunte+Madhav+Gadgil&source=bl&ots=a36pAnqM9F&sig=rpzptIcZ1VoY7nPdkatwpTl_lgQ&hl=en&ei=EXfOTN_hDceXccjLuZkO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Butterflies+of+Peninsular+India+By+Krushnamegh+Kunte+Madhav+Gadgil&source=bl&ots=a36pAnqM9F&sig=rpzptIcZ1VoY7nPdkatwpTl_lgQ&hl=en&ei=EXfOTN_hDceXccjLuZkO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false>Thats a link to Dr. Krushnamegh's book. It has everything except the colored images at the end. Kishen On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Javed Ahmed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings eveyone, > I have had these references with me for quite a > while now and I thought that it might be a great idea to post them for the > benefit of all members.These are some classic references on Indian > butterflies and they will most certainly help all enthusiasts identify their > photographs as well as prove to be an invalubale reference guide to both > amatuers as well as the seasoned professionals.Included are many classics > ranging from The Taxonomy of Indian Butterflies by W.H. Evans and also the > excellent Lepidoptera Indica Volumes. > Warm regards and many thanks, > Javed Jameer Ahmed > > P.S: Most of these works are under public domain so I know that I am NOT > breaching any copyrights. > I tried to email these as attached .PDF documents however the file size is > too large.So what I am going to do is post links which users can visit to > download these books > > Links: > Moore's Lepidoptera Indica: > http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8763 > Evan's The Indentification of Indian Butterflies: > http://www.archive.org/details/TheIdentificationOfIndianButterflies > Fauna of British India C.T Bingham : Volume I : > http://www.archive.org/details/TheFunaOfBritishIndiaButterfliesVolI > Volume II : > http://www.archive.org/details/butterflies02bingiala > Fauna of British India (Second edition on Butterflies) George Talbot: > Volume I : http://www.archive.org/details/FaunaOfBritishIndia.Butterflies1 > > Volume > II : http://www.archive.org/details/FaunaOfBritishIndia.Butterflies2 > > G.F.L. Marshall The Butterflies of India,Burmah and Ceylon (Three Volumes) > : http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10618 > > P.P.S: If anyone is unable to download any of these books,please write to > me and I will mail soft copies of these classics impromptu! > Please note that these books follow an older taxonomy and the > classfication of butterflies has since then been worked upon and > changed.Please follow any of the newer butterfly feild guides for aid in > recent nomenclature.Krushnamegh Kunte's excellent "Butterflies of Peninsular > India" along with Harish Goankars classic paper of Indian butterflies will > be of much help. > > > > > -- Enjoy
