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Butterflies of Western Ghats 2nd Edition Raju Kasambe
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Author(s): Raju Kasambe
ISBN(s): 9789353008567, 9353008565
Edition: 2
File Details: PDF, 54.36 MB
Year: 2018
Language: english
Butterflies of Western Ghats
Second Edition
Image by Vengolis
Image by Ashok Sengupta
sengupta
2018
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Recommended citation:
Kasambe, Raju (2018): Butterflies of Western Ghats. Second Edition. Published by
author. Pp.372.
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Dedicated to
Two butterfly-passionate persons
and
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CONTENTS
Foreword…………………………………………………………………………..6
Preface……………………………………………………………………………..7
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………......8
Hesperiidae—Skipper Butterflies…………………………………………28–105
Papilionidae—Swallowtail Butterflies…………………………………...106–125
Lycaenidae—Blues………………………………………………………..162–258
Nymphalidae—Brush-footed Butterflies………………………………...259–355
Important References….……………………………………………………….370
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I think, this is the first of its kind e-Book on the subject, as books
which are accessible to the masses are need of the day. Now a day,
even Android Apps are becoming an important source of information.
The e-Book has an entire chapter highlighting the importance of the
Western Ghats as a ‘Biodiversity Hotspot’. The diversity and
endemicity of butterflies found here drives home the point that the
entire Western Ghats should be conserved at any cost.
I am sure the e-Book will be useful to all, including butterfly lovers and
naturalists.
Asad R. Rahmani
Former Director,
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai
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Preface
This e-Book is being published solely for the educational purpose and no commercial
gains are expected out of it. It is free for downloading and distribution and does not
bear any price. I urge butterfly enthusiasts and nature lovers to help with better quality
photographs of the remaining species of butterflies found in the Western Ghats, so that
another revised edition of this e-Book will still be more comprehensive and better.
Photographs taken by me are copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
and 4.0 Licenses. These can be used by anybody for educational purposes. However, for
photographs taken by others, the copyright remains with them. I suggest that the
individual photographers be contacted, or the appropriate licenses be checked before
they are used by anybody.
I request experts to suggest improvements in the e-Book. Please inform me if you find
any mistakes in the e-Book, which can be informed to readers as errata.
I hope this e-Book will be of use to the amateur butterfly researchers and young nature
lovers; it will give them company at the most inaccessible places. I look forward to your
help by providing photographs of missing species and suggestions for the second edition
of this e-Book.
Raju Kasambe
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Acknowledgements
My sincere thanks to the following friends (in alphabetical order) who have contributed their
beautiful photographs of butterflies for this e-Book. Some of the friends literally opened up their
vast collections for me to take any photographs. I am grateful to all of them. Without these
photographs the e-Book would not have been so useful. Many of them have selflessly contributed
their innumerable photographs to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons making them available to
the world without any expectations or gains.
Aditya Joshi, Amirtha Balan, Dr. Amol Patwardhan, Dr. Anand Narvekar, Anila Manalil, Aparajita
Datta, Ashwatha K.N., Ashok Sengupta, Ayan Chakraborty, Dr. Balakrishnan Valappil, Blaise Pareira,
Chinmayi S.K., Dattaprasad Sawant, David Raju, Delip Kumar Das, Dhaval Momaya, Divakar
Thombre, Erin Silversmith, Felix, Firos A.K., Gaurab Nandi Das, Gopakumar, Haneesh K.M.,
Harishchandra Mhatre, Hariharan Subramanian, Hemant Ogale, J.M. Garg, Dr. Jayant Wadatkar,
Kalyan Varma, Jeevan Jose, K. Mohan Raj, Kishen Das, L. Shyamal, Leema Robert, Makarand
Kulkarni, Mandar Sawant, Manidip Mandal, Manu Gangadhar, Marvelyn Dias, Morry G., Dr. M.S.
Mayilavahanan, Mukul Hinge, Nandish Songire, Omkar Joshi, Parag Giri, Parag Rangnekar, Parixit
Kafley, Pinakin Karve, PKG Mohan, Pranav Gokhale, Pranav Ovalekar, Prashanth Bhat, Praveen G.
Nair, Praveen J., R. Ravi, Raghu, Rahul K. Natu, Rajendran TM, Rajkamal Goswami, Ravi
Vaidyanathan, Richard Parker, Rohith Sanjay, S. Ramasamy Kamaya Naicker, Sagar Sarang, Saish
Borkar, Sanket Mhatre, Santosh Hatti, Sharan V., Shyam Ghate, Sithija I. Paranagama, Sneha,
Shreesh Deshpande, Subhajit Mazumder, Subhiksha S., Sujit Borkar, Dr. Tarique Sani, Tarun
Karmakar, Uajith, Varun Omanakuttan, Dr. V.C. Balakrishnan, Vedant Kasambe, Vengolis, Vijay
Barve, Vikas Madhav, Vinayaraj, Vivek Puliyeri, Yathin S. Krishnappa, Yogesh Tambat and Yuwaraj
Gurjar.
I want to immensely thank the two websites (www.ifoundbutterflies.org and www.flutters.org) for
making an exhaustive knowledge bank on Indian butterflies available to all. Thanks to Sagar Sarang,
Neha Waikar, Sharan V., Neha Mujumdar and Ashok Sengupta for help in correcting the manuscript.
Dr. Deepak Apte (Director, Bombay Natural History Society) has always inspired me to write books
against all odds. I learnt a lot from Dr. Asad Rahmani (Former Director, BNHS) and I feel indebted to
him for his guidance. Mr. Isaac Kehimkar’s books had always been the most referred and inspiring
source for me since I started studying these flying jewels.
Support by many friends and colleagues at CEC and BNHS and my family has always helped me in
keeping myself motivated.
Raju Kasambe
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Butterflies of Western Ghats: Dr. Raju Kasambe Introduction 2018
Butterflies are classified under the Order Lepidoptera, together with the moths.
Egg
Like humans, there are male butterflies and female butterflies. After the
fertilization of the female’s eggs by the male’s sperm, the female deposits the eggs
on leaves or stems of plants. This is the first stage in the life cycle of a butterfly -
the egg stage. Butterflies have their own choice of plant on which to lay eggs, they
may lay eggs on one or many species of plants. But, they do not lay eggs on every
plant. The eggs of each species are different in shape and size and can be spherical
or oval etc. This stage lasts from days to weeks.
Caterpillar or Larva
The second stage occurs when then the egg hatches and gives rise to the butterfly
larva or caterpillar. At this stage, which may last for several days or weeks, the
larva spends its time eating and resting. Most butterfly caterpillars eat plant leaves
but a few caterpillars can eat insects (e.g. Apefly Spalgis epius in India).
moult the skin. Each time they moult the skin, it is called an ‘instar’. The butterfly
undergoes about 4 to 6 moultings before finally going to the next stage, i.e.,
pupation.
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Images clockwise from top left: Egg of Common Palmfly; Caterpillar of Common Rose; Pupa of Common Rose;
and Common Nawab adult. All by Raju Kasambe
Pupa
The third stage involves the transformation of the caterpillar into pupa or chrysalis.
When the caterpillar has grown to its full size, it seeks a safe location for pupation.
This location is usually the underside of the leaf but can also occur in the stems or
secluded place on a tree trunk. Mostly it is hard to locate the pupa since its color
usually camouflages with the background environment. From the outside, it may
look like as if the pupa is resting, but inside the pupa, rapid changes or
transformations are taking place. These transformations to make the parts that will
make the beautiful butterfly are known as ‘metamorphosis’. Pupation may last for
2–3 weeks, after which the butterfly adult emerges from the pupa.
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Butterfly underside morphology illustration (Blue Tiger Male). Image by Raju Kasambe
Butterfly
The fourth and final stage is the adult stage. It is a delight to see an adult butterfly
emerge from the pupa. However, the butterfly cannot fly immediately after
emerging out of the pupa. It spends some time (few hours or minutes) drying its
body and wings before it finally takes off.
During this stage, the butterfly already has six legs and four wings—a pair of
forewings and another pair of hindwings. When the butterfly is already an adult, it
can gather nectar from flowers for its food and reproduce.
Morphology of a Butterfly
Here are the meanings of the terminology used to describe various body parts of a
butterfly.
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Head
Anterior portion of the butterfly’s body containing the sensory organs and the
brain.
Thorax
Portion of the butterfly’s body divided into three segments; it contains the motor
appendages, such as the legs and wings.
Wing vein
Protruding line that gives the wing its rigidity and enables the blood to circulate.
Cell
Constituent element of a butterfly’s wing contained between the wing veins.
Antenna
Sensory organ made up of several segments and having mainly olfactory functions
(sense of smell) and also helps in balance.
Compound eye
Organ of vision made up of thousands of facets that perceive shapes, colors,
motion and distance.
Proboscis
Mouthlike part allowing the butterfly to feed through aspiration; the proboscis
folds back onto itself to avoid interfering with flight.
Fore leg
Articulated member attached to the first segment of the thorax and having
powerful sensory organs.
Middle leg
Large articulated member attached to the central segment of the thorax and having
powerful sensory organs.
Hind leg
Large articulated member attached to the terminal segment of the thorax and
having powerful sensory organs.
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Butterfly upperside morphology illustration (Blue Tiger Male). Image by Raju Kasambe
Abdomen
Posterior portion of the butterfly’s body made up of 10 segments and containing
the major vital organs, such as the heart, the intestines and the genital organs.
Hind wing
Appendage of flight attached to the terminal segment of the thorax.
Forewing
Appendage of flight attached to the central segment of the thorax.
Parts of wings
Here is an illustration showing parts of butterfly wings.
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Illustration: By L. Shyamal
flatten their wings against their bodies or spread them out in a "jet plane" position.
Butterflies form pupa which are hard smooth and silkless. Moths make cocoons
that are wrapped in silk coverings.
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Butterflies of Western Ghats: Dr. Raju Kasambe Western Ghats - Butterflies 2018
Evergreen forests in Western Ghats in Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala. Image by Manu
Gangadhar
Based on the distribution and status of butterflies and their host plants, Western
Ghats can be divided into three biogeographical parts (Gaonkar, 1996).
Southern Western Ghats: The southern and most important part starts from just
north of Nagercoil (in Tamil Nadu) up to the Palghat gap. This area is home to the
highest number of species as well as endemics. Unfortunately, the lowland
evergreen forests in this area have mostly been replaced with plantations other
anthropogenic pressures exist here. The unique species of this area are Red-disc
Bushbrown Mycalesis oculus and Palni Four-ring Ypthima ypthimoides. This area
is home to around 317 species of butterflies.
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Central Western Ghats: The second important part starts north of the Palghat
Gap from the Nilgiri Wynaad area to South Goa. However, some endemic species
are found even up to southern Maharashtra, at least up to Amboli Ghat area in
Sawantwadi taluq, Sindhudurg district. Many endemic species are not found above
Amboli Ghat. The species diversity is less than the southern part. The only species
unique to this area is Red-eye Bushbrown Mycalesis adolphei. Butterfly fauna in
three districts, viz., the Nilgiris, Coorg and North Canara are well documented.
This area is home to around 316 species of butterflies.
Northern Western Ghats: The third part is in Maharashtra and south Gujarat.
This area is has less diversity with around 200 species reported north of Amboli
Ghat. Many species from the central Western Ghats are not found here.
A recent paper by Nitin et.al. (2018) has mentioned the occurrence of 336 species
of butterflies belonging to six families in the Western Ghats. This paper has
considered the exclusion of Dark Mottle Logania distanti massalia, Singalese
Hedge Blue Udara singalensis, White Arab Colotis vestalis and Blue-spotted Arab
Colotis phisadia, and addition of Sinhalese Five-ring Ypthima singala, Nilgiri
Jewel Four-ring Ypthima striata, Bengal Spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus putra,
and Purple-spotted Flitter Zographetus ogygia in the fauna of Western Ghats. Of
the 336 species, approximately 12% species are endemic to the Western Ghats, and
59 species are legally protected in India. The family-wise diversity is as follows:
Papilionidae 19, Pieridae 32, Nymphalidae 101, Lycaenidae 100, Hesperiidae 82
and Riodinidae 2 species (Nitin et.al., 2018).
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The state-wise species numbers for Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Maharashtra
have increased as more intensive and systemic studies are taking place.
Forest in monsoon in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Image by Shreesh
Deshpande
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Butterflies of Western Ghats: Dr. Raju Kasambe Importance of Butterflies 2018
There are many reasons why butterflies and moths are important, both in their own right but also as
quality of life indicators. Here is a summary of the main reasons for conserving butterflies and moths
in the world.
Butterflies serve as important plant pollinators in the local environment, and help pollinate hundreds
of economically important plant crops. The role played by pollination and cross-pollination in the
development of crop varieties and evolution of plants is immense and not really understood well. The
thousand-year old silk industry is also dependent on Lepidoptera (moths), but increased pesticide use
around the world has caused population declines of silk moths.
Butterflies are the natural heritage of our country. The entire biodiversity we have is the treasure
trove we have, which we have got from our ancestors and need to preserve them. Butterflies are
flagship species for conservation in general, and in particular for invertebrates.
Intrinsic value
Butterflies and moths are intrinsically valuable and are worthy of conservation in their own right.
Butterflies and moths are part of the life on the earth and an important component of its rich
biodiversity. They have been around for at least 50 million years and probably first evolved some
150 million years ago. Butterflies and moths are a highly diverse group comprising over 250,000
species and make up around one quarter of all named species.
Aesthetic value
Butterflies and moths are beautiful. We humans love all beautiful things in nature. Butterflies add to
the aesthetic value of any natural landscape and heritage. Many butterflies are iconic and popular.
Butterflies have been studied for over 300 years by humans.
There are many references to butterflies and moths in literature, from the Bhagwad Gita to Bible
through Indian folklore modern day literature, and from poetry to musical lyrics. Butterflies are used
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