My lifelist - Butterflies...
 

Here is a list of butterflies that I have seen and identified. This is a compilation of the names (common as well as scientific) of the butterflies that I have seen, along with the location at which I identified them first - whatever I remember. Most of these butterflies are very common - in my case, most the first spottings are in IISc since I started noticing these small beautiful creatures only after coming here. Since I do not have any book on butterflies as comprehensive as the birding books available to me, many times I have faced difficulties in identifying these marvels. I have tried taking phtographs of some of them (getting good photos of butterflies depend mainly on photogrpher's luck!), of which some good ones I have displayed in my album. My most exciting moment with butterflies must be that one when I saw, for the first time, a `Southern bird wing' virtually sailing through the dense forests of Saklespura.
 
 
 

No.	Common Name	Scientific Name	Location of first spotting
1	Tawny coster	Acraea Violae	IISc
2	Blue Tiger	Tirumala Limniace Exoticus Gmelin	IISc
3	Common Crow	Euploea Core Core	Common
4	Dark Blue Tiger	Tirumala Septentriovis Dravidarum Fruhstorfer	IISc
5	Plain Tiger	Danans Chrysippus Chrysippus	Common
6	Striped Tiger	Danaus Genutia Genutia	IISc
7	Common cerulean	Jamides Celeno Aelianus Fabricivis	IISc
8	Common Pierrot	Castalius Rosimon Rosimon	IISc
9	Baronet	Symphaedra nais Forster	Way to Magadi
10	Blue Pansy	Precis Orithya	Way to Magadi
11	Choclate Pansy	Precis Iphita Iphita	IISc
12	Commander	Moduza Procris Undifragus Fruhstorfer	Way to Green Valley
13	Common Castor	Aviadne Merione Merione Cramer	IISc
14	Common Map	Cyrestis Thyodamas Indica Evans	Saklespura
15	Common Nawab	Polyura Athamas Athamas Drury	IISc
16	Common Sailor	Neptis Hylas Varmona	IISc
17	Daniad Eggfly (Male and Female)	Hypolimnas misippus	Way to Green Valley
18	Glassy Blue Tiger	Parantica Aglea Aglea Cramer	IISc
19	Great Eggfly (Male and Female)	Hypolimnas Bolina Jacintha	Way to Green Valley
20	Lemon Pansy	Precis Lemonias Lemonias	IISc
21	Yellow Pansy	Precis Hierta Hierta	Saklespura
22	Blue Mormon	Papilo Polymnestor	IISc
23	Common Blue Bottle	Graphium Sarpedon Teredon Felder Felder	IISc
24	Common Mormon	Papilio Polytes	IISc
25	Common Rose	Pachliopta Aristolochiae Aristolochiae	Common
26	Southern Bird Wing	Troides Minos Cramer	Saklespura
27	Tailed Jay	Graphium Agamemnon Merides Felder Felder	IISc
28	Common Emigrant		IISc
29	Common Grass Yellow	Eurema Hecabe Simulata Moore	Common
30	Common Wanderer	Pareronia Valeria Hippia	IISc
31	Crimson Rose	Pachliopta Hector	Common
32	Common Jezebel	Delias Eucharis	IISc
33	Great Orange Tip	Hebomoia Glaucippe Australis Butler	IISc
34	Pioneer	Anaphaeis Aurota	IISc
35	Common Evening Brown	Melanitis Leda Leda	Common
36	Common Palm fly	Elymnias Hypermnestra Candata Butler	Way to Big Banyan Tree
37	Niger	Orsotriena Medus Medus	Saklespura
38	Pale Grass Blue	Zizeeria Maha	IISc
39	Chestnut Streaked Sailor	Neptis Jumbah	Saklespura
40	Angled Castor		IISc
41	Red Orange Tip		Saklespura

 

• The names are mainly from the book "Some South Indian Butterflies" written by K. Gunathilagaraj, T. N. A. Perumal, K. Jayaram and K. Ganesh Kumar.
• IISc - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Saklespura - Treck through the metreguage railway line from Saklespura to Yedukumeri

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