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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 11, 2008

Can someone ID these four butterflies. I shot them in South India 5 weeks ago. I hope at least one of them is a swallowtail because I have a swallowtail caterpillar image and I want to post both the caterpillar and the butterfly in my blog.

cheers and thanks
deadmanswill

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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 11, 2008

the second one

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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 11, 2008

the third one

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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 11, 2008

this is the fourth. All of these were shot in the same garden during the rainy season.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 11, 2008

#4 is a Plain Tiger, Danaus chrysippus

http://indiabutterflies.tripod.com/danaids/plaintiger.html

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 11, 2008

#2 looks very close to the Lemon Pansy, but some markings don't quite match.

http://indiabutterflies.tripod.com/brushfooted/index.html

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 11, 2008

#3 is a Lime Blue, Chilades laius

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

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 11, 2008

I think #2 has to be the Lemon Pansy, Junonia lemonias, the list shows no other close.

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_India_(Nymphalidae)#Junonia_-_The_Pansies

Still looking for #1. it appears to be a Monarch mimic.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 11, 2008

Found #1! Don't ask how, lol, it's a Tawny Coster, Acraea violae

http://bengalbutterflies.com/Coster-Twany.html

http://bengalbutterflies.com/nymphalidaes.html

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Sep 11, 2008

deadmanswill, those are lovely photographs and wallaby1 has made a great job of identifying them all.
We would love to see these images added to BugFiles, and I made sure we have entries for each of them.
First the Tawny Coster - Acraea violae. We already have an entry for this butterfly under its alternative name of Acraea terpsichore here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4949/

#2, we also have an entry for the Lemon Pansy - Junonia lemonias here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4636/

For #3 the Lime Blue - Chilades laius, I have created a new entry here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/5234/

and for #4, the Plain tiger Danaus chrysippus we already have an entry here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/117/

Please consider adding your images to each of these pages,

Kennedy




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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 12, 2008

Hi,

Thanks Wallby for the wonderful identification. I never thought anyone could identify the species names of Indian insects! And thank you Kennedy for opening the entry in BugFiles.

Of course, I will upload all these butterflies to BugFiles. Would be honored to. Please give me a day's time, I am going out today and I can't post in my blog too. As soon as I come back in the evening, I will post all the images. I have some high quality pics of the above. Will upload them. Thanks once more for identifying them.

Cheers
deadmanswill

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deadmanswill Chennai, India Sep 14, 2008

Hi,

I've uploaded all insects to the BugFiles. You can check them out.

cheers
deadmanswill

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