Shyam, confusion about these English names stems from two synonyms of Tarucus nara. Evans (1932) first called nara the Striped Pierrot, the name that I continue to use. The synonyms of nara, as currently understood, which Evans treated as distinct species and gave them separate English names, are:
1. Tarucus extricatus Butler, 1886, called by Evans “Rounded Pierrot”. 2. Tarucus alteratus Moore, 1882, called by Evans “Rusty Pierrot”. Since extricatus and alteratus are synonyms of nara, one could also use Rounded Pierrot and Rusty Pierrot as English names of Striped Pierrot. I think I had written about this on the group some time ago, and now I have added some text to the T. nara species page to cover the above names. So, now there is a permanent record of these names and synonymy on the website, which anyone should be able to access any time in the future. You should also be able to find the correct species pages in the future even if you are searching the website with alternative names. Also, there will be detailed discussion of these names and their history in my upcoming Catalogue, so you can get further details from there from next year. BTW, Spotted Pierrot (Tarucus callinara) is a different species. Both callinara and nara have species pages on the Butterflies of India website: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/250-tarucus-dp2 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: SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:10:11 -0400 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) Blaise Perhaps the Butterfly India site calls this Spotted Pierrot? When did the name change came about? And tried enough though I did, I can't easily distinguish between that and the Striped Pierrot. Some enlightenment would be welcome. Cheers ________________________________ From: Blaise <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 10:45 PM Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) Blaise Hi All, Saw this one in a vacent plot in Borivili, Mumbai today.... Fr id confirmation... TIA Blaise -- Enjoy
