Folks, I am done with this weekend's work on the website, with several updates:
http://ifoundbutterflies.org/latest/boi-update-564-species-pages-176-lifecyc les-8500-reference-photos-2011/09/13 4 March 2012: 631 species, 201 lifecycles, 12,000 reference images The Butterflies of India website now has representation of nearly half the number of butterfly species known from India, with many more subspecies illustrated with at least one image. This month we also crossed a double century of lifecycles on the website. Another significant development is that now we have approximately 12,000 reference images on the website, which represent sexual, seasonal, regional and individual wing pattern variation of the 631 species and their subspecies, with nearly 6,000 spot records to delineate spatial and seasonal distribution of these butterflies, and the remaining images illustrate early stages and the larval host plants. Some of the recent important additions include Shashank Dalvi's Abisara burnii White-spotted Judy <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/187-abisara/abisara-burnii> from Nagaland, which appears to be only the second record of the species from India, Viral Mistry's Byasa polla Red-lined Windmill <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/476-byasa/byasa-polla> from Nagaland, my own Abisara echerius paionea Karen Plum Judy <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/3-lepidoptera/abisara-echerius> from Mizoram, belonging to a much misunderstood species in India, Vidya Venkatesh's Neorina patria White Owl <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/456-neorina/neorina-patria> from Arunachal Pradesh, and several rarely seen lifecycles by Kalesh Sadasivan, Ravindra Bhambure, Saji Kandoth and Milind Bhakare, including those of the Western Ghats-endemic Arhopala alea Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/367-arhopala/arhopala-alea> and Quedara basiflava Yellow-base Flitter <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/310-quedara/quedara-basiflava> , and Charaxes schreiber Blue Nawab <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/103-charaxes/charaxes-schreiber> and Colotis protractus Blue-spotted Arab <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/465-colotis/colotis-protractus> . Big thanks to all those who have contributed so many images and records to reach these milestones. I welcome further contributions from all who are willing to help advance this project. 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 Ph (London): +44 7831-204-169 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] -- Enjoy
