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
