Yes, you have to take the specimen to dissect genitalia, otherwise you can¹t tell. The same goes for Darts (Potanthus spp), certain groups of Sailers (Neptis spp), etc.
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: Arjan Basu Roy <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:09:24 +0530 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Re: A Coladenia sp from Aizawl by Zeon Tetea Then KK what are the other alternative? You have to catch it to know what it is? regards Arjan On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Krushnamegh Kunte <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 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] <http://[email protected]> , > [email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ > > Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ > Emails: [email protected] > <http://[email protected]> , [email protected] > <http://[email protected]> > > > > From: Ashok Sengupta <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > > Reply-To: Ashok Sengupta <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:10:56 +0530 (IST) > To: butterflyindia <[email protected] > <http://[email protected]> >, Krushnamegh Kunte > <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> >, kalesh s > <[email protected] <http://[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 > > > > > -- Arjan Basu Roy 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 West Bengal, India Be natures' mate! -- Enjoy
