Ashok, I assume that you forwarded this message to Kalesh, Rohan and I to get the ID confirmation since neither of us responded to this email. I am copying the ButterflyIndia group once again because those folks may also be wondering about this. Kalesh has previously IDed similar skippers as female Plain Palm Dart (Cephrenes acalle). But this does not match any pictures of that species that I have seen online. I have asked Kalesh whether he has seen this particular variation in the individuals that he has raised from caterpillars. He is apparently in the field right now, I am sure he will get back to us about this when he checks his email. In any case, this is something special, either variation within the Plain Palm Dart population in southern India or may be another species. I have not yet found time to look through the ID keys to check this, although I did meet Rohit yesterday to talk about this butterfly. Let¹s wait to hear from Kalesh, and I will also check on this when I am at NHM London.
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, extension 6410 Mobile: + 91 9403-975-925 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 09:52:23 +0530 (IST) To: kalesh s <[email protected]>, Rohan Lovalekar <[email protected]>, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: [ButterflyIndia] Please help with Identifying this skipper ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: rohit girotra <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012 3:27 PM Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Please help with Identifying this skipper Hi All, I saw this skipper on my balcony. Please help with the id. Regards, Rohit -- Enjoy
