Ashok, there are three species of Coladenia in that area that look similar, so one needs to look at male genitalia to distinguish between them. Unfortunately, pictures alone are not very useful in this group.
With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India. Ph: +91 80 2366-6001/02/18/19, ext 6410 Mobile: + 91 9483-525-925 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Emails: [email protected], [email protected] From: Ashok Sengupta <[email protected]> Reply-To: Ashok Sengupta <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:10:56 +0530 (IST) To: butterflyindia <[email protected]>, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]>, kalesh s <[email protected]> Subject: A Coladenia sp from Aizawl by Zeon Tetea Hi! I am posting a photograph of an intresting Coladenia sp. flat taken by Zeon Tetea Aizawl. He has taken this snap in the month of Feb 2012 and posted it in FB. Regards, Ashok -- Enjoy
