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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 25, 2007

I see this often in my garden. I'd like this beauty to be named.
Thanks.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 25, 2007

Second one.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 25, 2007

It camouflages well.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 25, 2007

This one?

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 26, 2007

I think #4 is the Common Evening Brown, Melanitis leda:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanitis_leda

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Jul 26, 2007

Dinu the first 2 remind me of a Azure and/or Hairstreak

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jul 26, 2007

The first is Talicada nyseus or Red Pierrot

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jul 26, 2007

The second might be a Pale Grass Blue, Pseudozizeeria maha or Zizeeria maha.... not too sure about that one

http://indiabutterflies.tripod.com/blues/palegrassblue.html

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jul 26, 2007

The third is a moth, probably in the Family Geometridae, but I can't find it

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 26, 2007

The moth might prove difficult as there are 10,000 of them in India, this site gives a start to a work in progress. The blue Family links already have named moths included but no info as yet as far as I've looked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lepidoptera/Indian_moths

Keep an eye on it, in a few years time you might find it!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 27, 2007

The second one above when it is in flight, we can see a light blue upper portion of its wings. It is a small butterfly and can be judged by its size by the flower on which it is sitting.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 28, 2007

Is this same as #2?

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 28, 2007

No Dinu, it's different as it has dark tips and doesn't have the small black marks.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 29, 2007

Red Peirrot is right.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 15, 2007

#4 is right, it is the Common Evening Brown.

Two solved, two to go!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 28, 2007

Okay, leave the moth alone for later. I'm classifying my own database in my PC and I hope to have less items as "unidentified" or "miscellaneous". So I hope help in that small butterfly comes along soon.

Thanks.
Dinu

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