NOTE ZOOS' PRINT JOURNAL 22(9): 2837-2838 Table 1. Butterflies of Thengumarahada in the Nilgiris, southern India A CHECKLIST OF BUTTERFLIES OF Common Name Scientific Name E S I W (P) Act THENGUMARAHADA IN THE NILGIRIS, Papilionidae Tailed Jay Graphium agamemnon Linnaeus SOUTHERN INDIA Five-Bar Swordtail Graphium antiphates Cramer Common Jay Graphium doson C & R Felder Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon Linnaeus K. Cyril Rufus 1,3 and S.P. Sabarinathan 2 Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricious Crimson Rose Pachliopta hector Linnaeus SI, SL Schedule I Common Mime Papilio clytia Linnaeus 1,2 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Common Banded Papilio crino Fabricious PI, SL P.O., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641108, India Peacock 3 (Presently) 26/12 Kongurar Layout, Near Elayamuthur Pirivu, Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus Linnaeus Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu 642126, India Blue Mormon Papilio polymnestor Cramer PI, SL Email: 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected] Common Mormon Papilio polytes Linnaeus Southern Birdwing Troides minos Cramer SI Pieridae Thengumarahada is the largest among the seven tribal villages Pioneer Anaphaeis aurota Fabricious found in the Moyar valley belonging to the Nilgiris district, Tamil Common Emigrant Catopsilia pomona Fabricious Nadu with an area of 500acres. Moyar valley is an ecologically Mottled Emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe Linnaeus Common Gull Cepora nerissa Fabricious Schedule II strategic junction where the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats Nilgiri Clouded Yellow Colias nilgiriensis C & R Felder WG meet. The village lies on the banks of the river Moyar. The Crimson Tip Colotis danae Fabricious Small Orange Tip Colotis etrida Boisduval study was carried out for one year during May 2005-April 2006. Common Jezebel Delias eucharis Drury The vegetation of the area includes deciduous and thorn Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe Linnaeus forests comprising various plant species including Albizzia amara, Spotless Grass Yellow Eurema laeta Boisduval Three-Spot Eurema blanda Boisduval Bauhinea racemosa, Capparis deciduas, Cassia auriculata, Chloroxylon Grass Yellow swietenia, Dalbergia lanceolaria, Ficus benghalensis, Lantana camara, Great Orange Tip Hebomoia glaucippe Linnaeus Mangifera indica, Syzygium cuminii, Tamarindus indica, Terminalia White Orange Tip Ixias marianne Cramer Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene Linnaeus arjuna and cultivated areas include Oryza sativa, Musa paradisiaca, Psyche Leptosia nina Fabricious Calendula officinalis, Areca catechu and Cocos nucifera. Common Wanderer Pareronia valeria Cramer Pollard walk method was adapted for observing the butterflies Nymphalidae following Moore (1975); Pollard et al. (1975); Walpole & Sheldon Tawny Coaster Acraea violae Fabricious Angled Castor Ariadne ariadne Linnaeus (1999). The butterflies were observed during sunny day hours Common Castor Ariadne merione Cramer (0700-1200hr). We identified the butterflies using field guides Joker Byblia ilithyia Drury by Wynter-Blyth (1957); Kunte (1997) and followed the Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas Evans Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus classification in Gaonkar (1997). Striped Tiger Danaus genutia Cramer In the study, 85 butterflies belonging to five families were Common Indian Crow Euploea core Cramer Schedule IV recorded (Table 1). Among the families, the Nymphalidae were Double-Branded Crow Euploea sylvester Fabricious Common Baron Euthalia aconthea Cramer dominant with 35 species followed by Pieridae (16 species), Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus Lycaenidae (14), Papilionidae (12) and Hesperiidae (8). Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus Schedule I & II Eight endemic species were seen in the study area. Six species Peacock Pansy Junonia almana Linnaeus Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta Fabricious are listed in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (Anon.,1990) Chocolate Pansy Junonia iphita Cramer with two species in Schedule I, four species in Schedule II and one Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias Linnaeus species in Schedule IV. Danaid eggfly, Hypolimnas misippus is Blue Pansy Junonia orithya Linnaeus Common Treebrown Lethe rohria Fabricious listed in Schedules I and II. Common Evening Melanitis leda Linnaeus Brown Whitebar Bushbrown Mycalesis anaxias Hewiston REFERENCES Gladeye Bushbrown Mycalesis patnia Moore Anonymous, (1990). The Indian Wildlife Act (Protection), 1972. Nataraj Common Bushbrown Mycalesis perseus Fabricious Publishers. Dehradun, 86pp. Common Sailor Neptis hylas Moore Gaonkar, H. (1996). Butterflies of The Western Ghats, India, Including Sri Nigger Orsotrianea medus Fabricious Lanka: A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Report Glassy Tiger Parantica aglea Stoll submitted to the Centre for Ecological Sciences. Bangalore, 51pp. Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha Drury Common Nawab Polyura athamas Drury (Unpublished). Blue Tiger Tirumala limniace Cramer Kunte, K. (2000). Butterflies of Penisular India. Universities Press. Hyderabad, Nilgiri Tiger Parantica nilgiriensis Moore SI 254pp. Common Threering Ypthima asterope Klug Moore, N.W. (1975). Butterfly transects in a linear habitat, 1964-1973. Common Fivering Ypthima baldus Fabricious Entomologists Gazeteer 26: 71-78. White Or Ceylon Ypthima ceylonica Hewiston Pollard, E., D.O. Elias, M.J. Skelton & J.A. Thomas (1975). A Fourring method of assessing the abundance of butterflies in Monks Wood National Common Fourring Ypthima huebneri Kirby Baby Fivering Ypthima philomela Linnaeus Nature Reserve in 1973. Entomologists Gazeteer 26: 79-88. Common Beak Libythea lepita Moore Schedule II Walpole, M.J. & I.R. Sheldon (1999). Sampling butterflies in tropicalrain forest: an evaluation of transect walk method. Biological Conservation 87: Lycaenidae 85-91. Common Pierrot Castalius rosimon Fabricious Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957). Butterflies of The Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, 523pp. Manuscript 1623; © ZOO; Date of publication 21 August 2007 Received 19 August 2006; Revised received 31 January 2007; Finally accepted 10 May 2007 September 2007 | ISSN 0973-2535 (Print edition); 0973-2551 (Online edition) 2837 A checklist of butterflies... K. Cyril Rufus & S.P. Sabarinathan Bombay Natural History Society (BHNS) requires personnel for the following posts: Common Name Scientific Name E S I W (P) Act 1. Information Officer for its Environmental Information Gram Blue Euchrysops cnejus Fabricious Schedule II System (ENVIS) Centre (one post) Indian Cupid Everes lacturnus Godart Essential Qualification: M.Sc (Wildlife/Zoology/Environmental Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus Freyer Sciences). Candidates with wildlife/ornithology back ground will be Common Cerulean Jamides celeno Cramer preferred. Dark Cerulean Jamides bochus Cramer Zebra Blue Leptotes plinius Fabricious Job description: Handling database Avian ecology and Inland Lime Blue Chilades laius Stoll wetlands, Maintenance of database; Technical support for Quaker Neopithecops zalmora Butler Newsletter publication and website maintenance; Co-ordination with Common Line Blue Prosotas nora C & R Felder library; Assisting the Scientist In-charge ENVIS in processing of Pale Grass Blue Psuedozizeeria maha Kollar queries. Common Silverline Spindasis vulcanus Fabricious IS Location: the post is based in Mumbai Head Office. Red Pierrot Talicada nyseus Guerin-Meneville Age Limit: Upto 30 years. Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax Fabricious Salary: Rs. 1, 34,400/- per annum on CTS basis. Hesperiidae The appointment will be initially for a period of 1 year on contract basis. Brown Awl Badamia exclamationis Fabricious Malabar Spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus ambareesa Moore WG 2. Systematic Botanist & Taxonomist (one post) Common Spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus leucocera Kollar Educational Qualification: Candidate should be B.Sc. (with minimum Common Banded Awl Hasora chromus Cramer 3 years experience in field work) or M.Sc or preferably Ph.D in Fulvous Pied Flat Psuedocoladenia dan Fabricious Botany. The candidate should have knowledge in general practices Common Small Flat Sarangesa dasahara Moore followed in plant collection, collection of data, collation and retrieval Indian Skipper Spialia galba Fabricious Rice Swift Borbo cinnara Wallace systems and should be well-versed with different systems of plant classification and herbarium technologies. The candidate is expected IS - Indian Subcontinent; ¹ SI - Southern India; ² PI - Peninsular India; WG - to spend many days in the field and he/she should be physically fit Western Ghats; SL - Sri Lanka and healthy. ¹ Southern India includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Salary: Rs. 2, 16,000/- per annum in CTS basis.
Goa and Maharashtra; ² Peninsular India includes all parts south of Central Age Limit: Upto 30 years. Indian Hills including Arvali, Vindhyas and Satpura Candidates fulfilling the above requirement may send their application E S - Endemic Status; I W (P) Act - Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 with detailed biodata and passport size photograph superscribing the envelope the post applied for within 15 days to the Director, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai 400 023. Website: for more details contact our website www.bnhs.org. 3. Associate Officer (IBA) one post Advertisement for the Post of Research Assistant The Important Bird Area (IBA) Programme aims to identify, document and advocate the protection and management of a network of sites As part of the UNDP Post Tsunami Environment Initiative that are important for the long-term viability of naturally occurring Project, the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) in Mysore bird populations across the geographic range of those bird species is on the lookout for three research assistants. for which a site-based approach is appropriate. Background: The component of the above project being Qualification: Postgraduate/Graduate in Wildlife/Ecology/Biological handled by NCF is aimed at the characterization of fisheries Sciences/Environmental Science/Geography along the Coromandel coast with the main emphasis being on Experience: 1-2 years experience in the field of avian ecology/ the trawl fishing sector. nature conservation, experience in gathering and analyzing field Eligibility Criteria: data and knowledge of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) will - Fluent in English and Tamil be an advantage. (Fresher with good knowledge of ecology - Msc in Fisheries, Marine Science, Wildlife Science, especially birds may also apply). Environmental Science or any other life science. - License for two and/or four wheelers. 4. Educational Assistant for Conservation Education Centre - Computer operational skills (MS Office) (CEC Delhi) one post - Good taxonomic skills for the identification of various marine As part of Conservation Education Programmes, BHNS has species established a Conservation Education Centre with the financial - Good Public Relations skills will be an added asset. assistance of Government of Delhi at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary Study area: Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu (Pulicat to Point in New Delhi. The Centre has been creating awareness about Calimere) biodiversity conservation among children and adults through variety Fieldwork will include: of field education programmes. - Regular monitoring of the catch and bycatch of trawlers at Qualification: Postgraduate/Graduate in Environmental Science/ selected trawler/fish landing sites along the study area. Wildlife/Ecology/Biological Sciences/Social Sciences - Interviewing fishermen Experience: 1-2 years experience in the field of environment - You will occasionally be required to accompany trawlers for education or experience of teaching environmental studies in school/ the onboard quantification. college. The post holder needs to be a good communicator and fluent in English and Hindi. Selected candidates will be paid a monthly amount of Rs. The appointment will be on contractual basis and salary will be 7000. Actuals and other project related expenses will be commensurate with experience, skills and background. Interested covered by the project. candidates may apply by August 14, 2007 with bio-data and details Interested candidates please email your CV to regarding expected salary and three references to Director, Bombay Mr. Aaron Lobo
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