The names given with the butterflies are the best approximations I
could reach after consulting the following books:
Common Butterflies of India by Thomas Gay,
Isaac David Kehimkar, and Jagdish Chandra Punetha (1993)
Butterflies of Peninsular India
by Krushnamegh Kunte (2000)
Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya by Meena Haribal (1994)
Butterfly Encyclopedia by Wijbren Landman (1999)
Further identifications (and corrections) will be gratefully received! I particularly
need help with the photos of skippers,
caterpillars and moths. I would
appreciate info even about their genus or family. Send your
suggestions to a_habib@yahoo.com or
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I would like to thank the following for identifying some of the butterflies on these pages:
Roger Kendrick (Many of the i/d's in the Moths gallery)
Felix Lin (The geometric moth Pseudomicronia caelata)
Isaac Kehimkar (Sorrel Sapphire Heliophorus sena)
S. Karthikeyan (Three-spot Grass Yellow Eurema blanda)
Krushnamegh Kunte (Lesser Punch Dodena dipaea, Lesser Three Ring Ypthima inica, Pale Palm Dart Telicota colon, Common Grass Dart Taractrocera
maevius)
S. Kalesh (Pale Palm Dart Telicota colon, Common Grass Dart Taractrocera
maevius, Rare Swift Parnara ganga, Rice Swift Borbo cinnara, Straight Swift Parnara bada)
