12/10/2011/YRP/06/Naoroz Estate, Chethalayam,Wayanad.

Yazdy Palia

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12 Oct 2011, 9:18:42 am12/10/11

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Friends, have never been able to say if this is one butterfly or two.Any ideas?
Regards
Yazdy.
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Neil Soares

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12 Oct 2011, 9:25:53 am12/10/11

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Hi Yazdy,

This is the Common Silverline. Will send my photographs of this later.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

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Yazdy Palia

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12 Oct 2011, 9:28:10 am12/10/11

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Thank you Neil
Regards.
Yazdy.

Neil Soares

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12 Oct 2011, 11:39:37 am12/10/11

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You are most welcome Yazdy. Sending a few of my photographs.

Common Silverline 1.jpg

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Common Silverline 3.jpg

mani nair

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12 Oct 2011, 12:15:50 pm12/10/11

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Yazdy ji and Mr. Soares, beautiful butterfly. Sending a photo of the butterfly on Celosia argentea flower.

Regards,

Mani

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Yazdy Palia

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12 Oct 2011, 12:48:02 pm12/10/11

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Thank you once again Neil. Beautiful pictures.
Regards
Yazdy.

Yazdy Palia

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12 Oct 2011, 12:48:45 pm12/10/11

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Beautiful picture Mani ji
Regards
Yazdy.

Giby Kuriakose

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13 Oct 2011, 1:44:57 am13/10/11

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Nice pictures!

The pictures uploaded by Yazdiji is the female and the pictures by Neil ji is the male Indian Common Silverline (Spindasis vulcanus vulcanus of family Lycaenidae)

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Giby

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mani nair

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13 Oct 2011, 4:43:51 am13/10/11

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Giby ji, what about mine ?
Regards,
Mani

Giby Kuriakose

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13 Oct 2011, 4:56:39 am13/10/11

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Extremely sorry, I missed Mani Ji's beutiful picture.

It is also a male Indian Common Silverline butterfly (Spindasis vulcanus vulcanus of family Lycaenidae).

Color variation may be due to place difference.

Regards,

Giby

mani nair

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13 Oct 2011, 4:59:47 am13/10/11

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Thanks Giby ji
Regards,
Mani

Neil Soares

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13 Oct 2011, 6:44:16 am13/10/11

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Interesting Dr.Giby. Am curious to know how, with their wings closed, you arrived at these conclusions ?

With regards,

Neil Soares.

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Yazdy Palia

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13 Oct 2011, 7:25:02 am13/10/11

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Thank you Giby ji, Wow, how much one has to learn. Thanks once again.
Regards.
Yazdy.

Giby Kuriakose

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13 Oct 2011, 7:59:26 am13/10/11

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Female is larger and yellowish/cream surface color (under) with pale (mostly orange) bands when compare with males which has white surface color with darker bands.

Yes one major distinguishing feature is in the fore-wing; in males the upper wing is suffused with blue, which is not clear from the pictures. But field experience with some butterfly people helped in distinguishing the male and female in the pictures.

Please refer the following link.

http://ifoundbutterflies.org/365-spindasis/spindasis-vulcanus

Regards,

Giby

Neil Soares

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13 Oct 2011, 9:12:34 am13/10/11

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Thanks Dr. Giby. Don't think that the colours on the underwings can be appreciated much in these photographs. The main difference is the female are larger and have more rounded forewings which is also not clearly seen in these photographs.