Vijay, Sanjay and others: My money is on Harisa Orange Awlet (Burara harisa):
http://ifoundbutterflies.org/275-burara/burara-harisa although you really need to see the UP to separate it from Branded Orange Awlet (Burara oedipodea): http://ifoundbutterflies.org/275-burara/burara-oedipodea Sanjay mentioned Orange Awlet (Burara jaina): http://ifoundbutterflies.org/3-lepidoptera/burara-jaina-dp2 which looks quite different in the NE (see Rohan’s ag441 on the above page). Sanjay, did you mean to compare oedipodea with harisa, or really with jaina? oedipodea and harisa are very similar to each other, not jaina. Sanjay has already described brands of oedipodea and jaina in his email. The UP and brand of harisa can be seen on the above species page. BTW, Sanjay, vasundhara is a synonym of the nominotypical subspecies. See Evans’s 1949 Hesperiidae Catalogue. 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] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ IFB email: [email protected] ________________________________ From: Vijay Barve <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:35:39 -0400 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Namdapha 2010 : VB 077 set 2 Hi Date 20th July 2010 around 2:30 noon Place Miao MPen Road A rare one, at least I saw only one. I am not sure how many participants saw / photographed it ? Do reply with your answers of the identity, and reasons why you feel so. Regards, Vijay -- --- Vijay Vasant Barve http://diversityindia.org/ --- -- Enjoy
