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Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
November 30, 2008 4:30 PM Post #5844169
| Here is #1 
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Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
November 30, 2008 4:30 PM Post #5844171
| #2 
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Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
November 30, 2008 4:33 PM Post #5844177
| One more.. said two, but here is a third.
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suunto
Sinks Grove, WV
December 1, 2008 1:53 AM Post #5845857
| Butterfly number one appears to be a wanderer, Pareronia valeria (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) - see /photos/7471152@N07/2740373702
Butterfly number two is in the family Nymphalidae, likely Orsotriaena medus ssp. - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsotriaena_medus
Butterfly number three also appears to be in the family Nymphalidae, but I am uncertain as to its identity. |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
December 1, 2008 3:05 PM Post #5847211
| http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://taos-telecom... I found this link regarding #3. Is it this?
#1 should be Pareronia v. Thanks.
#2 - saw the links, but the rings are more and more prominent there rather than just 3 rings and a dullish appearance.
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suunto
Sinks Grove, WV
December 1, 2008 3:28 PM Post #5847273
| I could not get your link to compare with no. three to work - what was the species name that it purported to be? Also, re: no. two - i agree that the forewing spots in yours were far less prominent than in the example shown, but the hindwing spots were a good match. Also, I do not know of any other nymphalids in India that have such a prominent vertical white stripe extending across both wings. Please bear in mind that (1) yours might be a different subspecies from the example shown, and (2) butterflies, like humans, can exhibit a great deal of individual variation. |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
December 28, 2012 9:47 AM Post #9369048
| #3 again visited recently. So I'm opening this thread again for any hope of being identified. 
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Flapdoodle
Minot, ND
December 29, 2012 9:21 AM Post #9369813
| Try this one - the dark evening brown (Melanitis phedima)
http://insectsofkerala.blogspot.com/2011/05/dark-evening-bro... |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
December 30, 2012 8:42 AM Post #9370488
| Yes, Flapdoodle, this is the one. I also notice in the further searches that some have the browner shade while the one that came to my yard was grayish. Could there be any seasonal changes?
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Flapdoodle
Minot, ND
December 30, 2012 9:59 AM Post #9370540
| I do not know about any seasonal variation, but as suunto mentioned in an earlier post here, many insect species show a good deal of individual variation in color pattern. Sometimes, this also may be related to specific geographic areas within their range. |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
December 31, 2012 9:56 PM Post #9371959
| Thanks Flapd.
That was useful. |
