CLOSED: More butterflies to be known, please help

#1.
Gray-brown specimen with spots.

#2

#3

#4

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/752748/

I had some here in the above thread, but now since the number is increasing, my confusion too is going with it! Have started labeling and classifying in my PC. But till things take a sure shape, I may post repetetions. So please bear with it!

http://indiabutterflies.tripod.com/browns/index.html
http://indiabutterflies.tripod.com/blues/index.html

Any of them here?

Is this the first one above? http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/India/photo127424.htm

##Returning to the post to confirm that it is the Common Evening Brown - SOLVED.


This message was edited Oct 15, 2007 8:21 AM

Here is another. #5

This message was edited Oct 19, 2007 7:44 PM

#6

Yet another - blue. Looks beautiful in flight. Flashlight has reflected some light back to make the lovely blue look like white.



This message was edited Oct 19, 2007 7:45 PM

This would be #7.

This I found today. It's a beauty. Its flight was a wafting one, so beautiful to see.

Which is this?

#8

In our office campus garden, there was this beauty yesterday. Which is this? Some lemon?

This message was edited Oct 19, 2007 7:53 PM

#1 is Common Evening Brown [I have come to know].

Please help with the rest.

I think #7 is a Tawny Coster, Acraea terpiscore:

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

#8....Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui:

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

This message was edited Oct 28, 2007 5:55 PM

#5....Dingy Bush Brown, Mycalesis perseus cepheus:

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2382/nymphalidae/satyrinae/perseus.htm

#2, Maybe... Common Five Ring, Ypthima baldus:

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

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This message was edited Oct 28, 2007 6:39 PM

#7, yes.
#8, yes.
#5, yes.

Thanks fly_girl, so far.

#2.... a second thought. #s 2, 3, 4 and 6 wait to get another look.

# 2, 3, 4 and 6 left to be identified.

Am trying to streamline my files. Any help is appreiated.

Sorry I can not help you but I did find this book and it might help.
http://www.amazon.com/Butterflies-India-WWF-Nature-Guides/dp/0195688015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253725605&sr=1-1

It sounds interesting, wren. Thanks for the link. Will explore.

Good luck with your butterflies.