Dear KK, *Vanakkam! *Greetings from Tamil Nadu. Thank you again for guiding us to learn and not just throwing names. I learnt to id yet another new sps of butterfly today and it is thanks to you and Soma Jha.
However, a small query, to you and Others: 1. Why and how do butterflies exhibit such variations in colour as in the link page ( http://ifoundbutterflies.org/112-euploea/euploea-radamanthus) the UN of the Magpie crow varies from light brown to chocolate brown to black! 2. Also, when only a small spots/ speckle differentiates, some into two sps, how can we be sure that these are only variations and not two different sps? Am sure you would have faced these kind of questions, but would be a Yeomen service if you would help us learn. Thank you again. With kind regards, ramjee Chennai On 10 November 2011 03:47, Kunte, Krushnamegh <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Soma, you had probably realized that your butterfly was a Crow > (*Euploea*sp.). You could have then easily identified it by going to the > genus page > on the Butterflies of India website: > > http://ifoundbutterflies.org/112-euploea-dp2 > > With best regards, > > 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: *Soma Jha <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *butterflyindia <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wed, 9 Nov 2011 13:30:48 -0500 > *To: *butterflyindia <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[ButterflyIndia] Duars Butterfly > > > > > > > > This butterfly was seen in the Duars region of north Bengal near > Gorumara forest. > Please help in its identification. > Thank you. > Soma Jha > > > > > > -- Enjoy
