Mymoon, that must have indeed been an exciting sighting! Your pictures are also very good. Do let us know if you see this species in your area again. We know that this species occurs all over the peninsular and central India, but we do not know its local and seasonal distribution very much outside the Western Ghats.
With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) UAS-GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India. Ph: + 91 9403-975-925 Email: [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Email: [email protected] On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, mymoon moghul <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Hi > > Please find attached photos of the banded peacock butterfly taken in > Chennai. I am attaching three images of the same butterfly. > > I was actually feeling down the day I clicked these images, and was > sitting on the sunshade of my terrace ( my retreat ) :) - under the burning > Sun. Suddenly I saw a flash of green and blue on the side (my neighbour's > curry leaf tree). I just could not believe my eyes. This is the first time > I am seeing this utterly beautiful and dazzling creature. I clicked several > images both the open winged pose and the closed winged pose. It was feeding > on the curry leaf flowers for a long time (about half a hour). Have posted > the same on Indianaturewatch. Wish me more beautiful butterlies !! > > Thanks > > regards > > *M. Mymoon* > > > -- Enjoy
