Thank you. Sushmita On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Arjan Basu Roy <[email protected]>wrote:
> ** > > > Rounded Pierrot. > Regards > Arjan > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I found this butterfly at the Okhla Bird Park, Delhi, last Sunday. Mr >> Ashok Sengupta has kindly confirmed IDs of a few other butterflies. >> >> For the attached butterfly, he has made the following comment: >> >> "The butterfly to me looks more like the Rounded Pierrot (Tarucus nara). >> There is another similar species called Spotted Pierrot(Tarucus callinara) >> which is a rare species found in the central Indian region. The main >> difference is in the post-discal band in the hind wing. In T. callinara the >> band is broken where as in T. nara it is continuous. I said it is >> interesting because the post discal band in forewing is broken whereas it >> looks continuous in the hind wing. Still I will go with T. nara." >> Would appreciate views from experts. >> Thank you. >> Sushmita Jha >> >> > > > -- > Arjan Basu Roy > 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 > West Bengal, India > > Be natures' mate! > > > -- Enjoy
