Dear ButterflyIndia members, A friend of mine is in the process of completing a field guide for the butterflies of Iran, and is seeking photos for several butterfly species that are shared between India and Iran but have never been photographed in nature in Iran. The list of these species is below. If you do have photos of these butterflies in natural pose and would like your photos to appear in this field guide with full credits to photographer and acknowledgements, please contact him directly: Alireza Naderi, [email protected] (CC'd).
Photos required: 1. Chequered Darter (Hesperia comma) 2. Small Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) 3. Desert Bath White (Pontia glauconome glauconome) 4. Himalayan Blackvein (Metaporia leucodice leucodice) 5. Pioneer or Caper White (Anaphaeis aurota aurota) 6. Large Salmon Arab (Colotis fausta fausta) 7. White Arab (Colotis vestalis vestalis) 8. Crimson-tip (Colotis danae danae) 9. Bright Babul Blue (Azanus ubaldus ubaldus) 10. Desert Four-ring (Ypthima bolanica bolanica) Also, if you have butterfly photography experience in United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Turkmenistan or Turkey, your photos form these localities may also be very useful to us. Please contact me for a complete list of species. Thank you, Vazrick Nazari Moderator, Butterflies of Iran -- Enjoy
