Chittaranjan, this is a Purple Leaf Blue (Amblypodia anita): http://ifoundbutterflies.org/361-amblypodia/amblypodia-anita
This species is quite variable on the underside, your picture shows one of the common variations of this species. The Travancore Evening Brown is larger and looks quite different. You can see its pictures at: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/428-parantirrhoea/parantirrhoea-marshalli BTW, we will be interested in covering greater variation in the undersides of the Purple Leaf Blue on the Butterflies of India website. We will be very glad if ButterflyIndia members can contribute high quality images to the website. Contact me at <[email protected]> with the pictures and relevant details if you are interested. 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 Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh ________________________________ From: Chittaranjan Sengupta <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:05:16 -0400 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] ID request This image was taken at CBD hills Navi Mumbai, in mid February. The butterfly was mud puddling in Sun. Is it a Travancore Evening Brown (Parantirrhoia marshalli)? Image Information Species name : Unidentified Wingspan : ~60mm Location : CBD Hills, Navi Mumbai(1901’ N, 730 2’E) Date : 16th February 2011 Photographer(s) : Chittaanjan Sengupta Additional Remarks : None Regards -C.Sengupta -- Enjoy
