Vijay, this is both Papilio bootes and "Papilio janaka". janaka is the Himalayan subspecies of bootes, which is what you have posted. The nominate subspecies, bootes, occurs in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills south of the Brahmaputra River, and a third subspecies, mixta, in Manipur, Nagaland and NE Myanmar. If you deal at species level, then all of these are Papilio bootes. For precision, I use subspecies names, some of which will turn out to be distinct species as more work is done on Indian butterflies. For clarity and long-term validity, this is one reason why we are using subspecies names on our Butterflies of India website. Gaurav and I recently saw several Papilio bootes janaka (Himalayan Tailed Redbreast) in Sikkim. I will create a species page and upload its pictures on the website in the coming week.
--- 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: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vijay Barve [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ButterflyIndia] The Tailed Redbreast (Papilio janaka or P. bootes ? Hi Here is a photo of what looks like a Tailed Redbreast from Buxa Tiger Reserve on 24th May 2011 by Tarun Karmakar. My question is this Papilio janaka or P. bootes ? I read on Wikipedia : "the red at the base of the wings are more extended than in P. bootes and continue along the dorsal margin of the hind wing in a long streak." Please help with clarification. Regards, Vijay -- --- Vijay Vasant Barve http://diversityindia.org/ --- ------------------------------------ --- Follow http://twitter.com/DiversityIndia ---Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButterflyIndia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButterflyIndia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Enjoy
