Hi All,
KK, Thanks v much fr taking time to explain... really appreciate that....
The reason I posted was that the male of T nara has only single spot in FW
cell.... but the FW of the specimen in my pic is different... So was wondering
what it was... BTW there was no UP pic of T callinara on the website...
Blaise
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From: Kunte, Krushnamegh
To: butterflyindia
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 3:25 AM
Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Rounded Pierrot... fr id confirmation :-) Blaise
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.
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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
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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
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