Dear Shyam, We have more than 50 species in the ID keys section. Please check them at -> http://www.flutters.org/home/photogallery/index.php?level=collection&id=4
We will try our best to complete most of the confusing species in coming months. Kishen On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 8:40 AM, SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Thanks, Krushnamegh. > > This is really helpful. May be we can soon have this kind of information > for such other species also. > > Should this info appear under the identification tab? > > And I am looking forward to the 7th specimen also appearing on the page > soon. > > cheers -shyam ghate > > > --- On *Mon, 8/1/11, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Two Judies (Abisara) from Sikkim > To: "butterflyindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:40 AM > > > > > Shyam, I have now prepared and uploaded a detailed key to distinguish > between *Abisara chela* and *A. neophron*. Many of the key distinguishing > features marked on my collage are not given in any books or papers, they are > my insight into how these two very similar species differ from each other. I > recently figured out these things based on the photos that various people > have contributed to the BOI website and also on the specimens in Harvard's > Museum of Comparative Zoology. Check out images ag949 and ag950 on both the > species pages: > > http://ifoundbutterflies.org/187-abisara/abisara-neophron > > http://ifoundbutterflies.org/187-abisara/abisara-chela > > These characters should enable you and others to distinguish between the > two species even when you have only the upper side or the underside view of > the wings. Check this out and let me know what you think. > > BTW, now we have six specimens of *Abisara chela* (Spot Judy) represented > on the website, I guess that’s a good number for a presumed rare species. > This covers some individual variation, so this should be useful in the > future. Thanks, all, for contributing your images to this page. > > With best wishes, > > Krushnamegh. > > ------------------------------ > *From: *SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *butterflyindia <[email protected]> > *Date: *Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:47:16 -0400 > *To: *butterflyindia <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [ButterflyIndia] Two Judies (Abisara) from Sikkim > > > > > > > Kishen, > > Thanks . I guess in case of my photograph, the short tail has to be the > identifying mark as the spot is not visible (due to inadequate opening of > the wings). > > -shyam ghate > > --- On *Thu, 7/28/11, Kishen Das <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Two Judies (Abisara) from Sikkim > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 1:36 PM > > Dear Ghate, > > This should help you - > http://www.flutters.org/home/photogallery/index.php?level=picture&id=205 > > Regards, > Kishen > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:31 PM, SHYAM GHATE <[email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Would u identify which one is this and why. The site is not helpful on that > - yet. > > -ghate > > --- On *Tue, 7/26/11, [email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> <[email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> >* wrote: > > > From: [email protected] </mc/[email protected]> > <[email protected] </mc/[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Two Judies (Abisara) from Sikkim > To: "Butterfly India" <[email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 7:54 PM > > > Dear Krushnamegh, > > I have an image of the Spot Judy from Namdapha taken in the month of May. > > Initially had id'd it as Tailed Judy but after Gaurav's post on FB checked > it again. So I guess it is not as rare as considered earlier. > > Regards, > Parag Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEA > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Kunte, Krushnamegh" <[email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> > > *Sender: *[email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> > *Date: *Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:47:33 -0400 > *To: *butterflyindia<[email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> > > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] < > /mc/[email protected]> > *Subject: *[ButterflyIndia] Two Judies (Abisara) from Sikkim > > Hi all, > > Here are two very similar species of Judies (*Abisara*): the Tailed Judy ( > *Abisara neophron*): > > http://ifoundbutterflies.org/187-abisara/abisara-neophron > > And the Spot Judy (*Abisara chela*): > > http://ifoundbutterflies.org/187-abisara/abisara-chela > > Evans (1932) says the Spot Judy is very rare, Gaurav and I saw three in one > day. I guess we were in the right place in the right season. Animish > Mandrekar has recently photographed it at Eaglenest, his picture is also > posted on the above page. > > With best wishes, > > Krushnamegh. > ------------------------------------------------- > > 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 < > http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ekunte/index.htm> > Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ > Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Enjoy
