Can anyone help me with the ID of these butterflies seen on my recent trip to Goa, India
http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/2008 ... kphoto.htm
Thanks
Mark
ID's from Goa
- Padfield
- Administrator
- Posts: 8227
- Joined: Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:19 pm
- Location: Leysin, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: ID's from Goa
I've temporarily lost my book on Indian butterflies. I'll keep looking and if no one else does the IDs before I'll get back to you later, when I find it.
Guy
Guy
Guy's Butterflies: https://www.guypadfield.com
The Butterflies of Villars-Gryon : https://www.guypadfield.com/villarsgryonbook.html
The Butterflies of Villars-Gryon : https://www.guypadfield.com/villarsgryonbook.html
- Dave McCormick
- Posts: 2388
- Joined: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:46 pm
- Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland
- Contact:
Re: ID's from Goa
I think Butterfly 22 (Mating pair) are African Ringlets and butterfly 7 is a moth but I don't know what. Here is a list of all Indian butterflies if this helps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bu ... s_of_India
Cheers all,
My Website: My new website: http://daveslepidoptera.com/ - Last Update: 11/10/2011
My Nature videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/DynamixWarePro
My Website: My new website: http://daveslepidoptera.com/ - Last Update: 11/10/2011
My Nature videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/DynamixWarePro
- Vince Massimo
- Administrator & Stock Contributor
- Posts: 1858
- Joined: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:36 pm
- Location: Crawley, Sussex
Re: ID's from Goa
Hi Mark,
I was in Goa at the end of January this year and picked up a handy butterfly guide while I was there. I think I can identify most of your photos, but it would be useful to know when the photos were taken because the dry-season forms differ from those of the wet-season to such an extent that the appearance can change completly. From your photos I would assume that it was the dry season.
I will give you a list of suggested identities by Sunday evening. In the meantime, if you Google "Butterflies of Goa" you will find the book of the same name and some contact points for possible purchase.
Regards,
Vince
I was in Goa at the end of January this year and picked up a handy butterfly guide while I was there. I think I can identify most of your photos, but it would be useful to know when the photos were taken because the dry-season forms differ from those of the wet-season to such an extent that the appearance can change completly. From your photos I would assume that it was the dry season.
I will give you a list of suggested identities by Sunday evening. In the meantime, if you Google "Butterflies of Goa" you will find the book of the same name and some contact points for possible purchase.
Regards,
Vince
- Vince Massimo
- Administrator & Stock Contributor
- Posts: 1858
- Joined: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:36 pm
- Location: Crawley, Sussex
Re: ID's from Goa
Hi Mark,
Here is my list of identities for your Goan butterflies. My main source of information was a pocket-sized field companion - "A Photographic Guide to Butterflies of Goa" by Parag Rangnekar, which I found invaluable when I visited. It covers photos of 90 species recorded from Goa except for Skippers and gives a list of a further 35 species that could be encountered in the Goan Western Ghats.
1. Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) which is known in Euorpe as a Long-Tailed Blue.
2. Common Wanderer (Pareronia valeria).
3. Lemon Pansy (Junonia lemonias).
4. Common Sailer (Neptis hylas).
5. Common Indian Crow (Euploea core).
6. Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace), with Common Indian Crow (Euploea core).
7. Unknown - possibly a moth.
8. Common Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona).
9. Common Sailer (Neptis hylas).
10. Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae).
11. Unknown Skipper - possibly a Swift of some sort.
12. Common Four-Ring (Ypthima huebneri).
13. Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda).
14. Common Four-Ring (Ypthima huebneri).
15. Common Cerulean (Jamides celeno).
16. Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea).
17. Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea).
18. Soldier (Precis iphita), also known as a Chocolate Pansy.
19. Common Indian Crow (Euploea core).
20. Tamil Yeoman (Cirrochroa thais). This is an endemic species.
21. Common Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona).
22. Common Four-Ring (Ypthima huebneri).
23. Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana).
24. Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon).
25. Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe).
26. Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana).
27. Unknown White.
28. Common Hedge Blue (Actolepis puspa).
I am fairly happy with this list but am happy to be corrected by Guy when he finds his book. I am actually still trying to identify a Blue from my own trip and will probobly post it next week.
Cheers,
Vince.
Here is my list of identities for your Goan butterflies. My main source of information was a pocket-sized field companion - "A Photographic Guide to Butterflies of Goa" by Parag Rangnekar, which I found invaluable when I visited. It covers photos of 90 species recorded from Goa except for Skippers and gives a list of a further 35 species that could be encountered in the Goan Western Ghats.
1. Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) which is known in Euorpe as a Long-Tailed Blue.
2. Common Wanderer (Pareronia valeria).
3. Lemon Pansy (Junonia lemonias).
4. Common Sailer (Neptis hylas).
5. Common Indian Crow (Euploea core).
6. Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace), with Common Indian Crow (Euploea core).
7. Unknown - possibly a moth.
8. Common Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona).
9. Common Sailer (Neptis hylas).
10. Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae).
11. Unknown Skipper - possibly a Swift of some sort.
12. Common Four-Ring (Ypthima huebneri).
13. Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda).
14. Common Four-Ring (Ypthima huebneri).
15. Common Cerulean (Jamides celeno).
16. Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea).
17. Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea).
18. Soldier (Precis iphita), also known as a Chocolate Pansy.
19. Common Indian Crow (Euploea core).
20. Tamil Yeoman (Cirrochroa thais). This is an endemic species.
21. Common Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona).
22. Common Four-Ring (Ypthima huebneri).
23. Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana).
24. Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon).
25. Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe).
26. Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana).
27. Unknown White.
28. Common Hedge Blue (Actolepis puspa).
I am fairly happy with this list but am happy to be corrected by Guy when he finds his book. I am actually still trying to identify a Blue from my own trip and will probobly post it next week.
Cheers,
Vince.
- Padfield
- Administrator
- Posts: 8227
- Joined: Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:19 pm
- Location: Leysin, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: ID's from Goa
I'm more than happy to leave these IDs - my book covers the whole of India and yours is specific to Goa, Vince.
For the remaining unidentified ones, I agree the first is a moth. My book doesn't cover skippers. The Pierid, however, no. 27, is Catopsilia pomona, form catilla. There is a web picture of this here:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dczdK2LShYE/SF0mM ... C07478.jpg
and another here:
http://butterfly.nss.org.sg/expert/2001 ... ide-s2.jpg
Guy
For the remaining unidentified ones, I agree the first is a moth. My book doesn't cover skippers. The Pierid, however, no. 27, is Catopsilia pomona, form catilla. There is a web picture of this here:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dczdK2LShYE/SF0mM ... C07478.jpg
and another here:
http://butterfly.nss.org.sg/expert/2001 ... ide-s2.jpg
Guy
Guy's Butterflies: https://www.guypadfield.com
The Butterflies of Villars-Gryon : https://www.guypadfield.com/villarsgryonbook.html
The Butterflies of Villars-Gryon : https://www.guypadfield.com/villarsgryonbook.html
- markhows
- Posts: 175
- Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:28 pm
- Location: Cambridgeshire / Suffolk / Essex / Herts Border
- Contact:
Re: ID's from Goa
All photos were taken in November this year in Goa
Thanks for all the effort
Mark
Thanks for all the effort
Mark