Butterfly observations 18.02.2024
Sinhagad valley Pune MH India
Members
Pavan Damoor
ButterfliesofPune
Timings: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
Weather conditions:
Chilled till 8 am
Hotter in the day with unbearable heat
a bit of breeze in between
Things to carry:
Breakfast, Water - 3 litres, fruits, sweets, onion , Cap/hat, first aid box, medicines if required,
Species count: 50
List of sightings observed
Family: Hesperidae (skippers)
- Vindhyan Bob
- Grass Demon
- Golden angle
Family: Lycaenidae (Blues)
- Pea blue
- Common Pierrot
- Angled Pierrot
- White-tipped line blue
- Plains cupid
- Common line blue
- Tailless line blue
- Indian Cupid
- Tiny grass blue
- Zebra blue
- Lesser grass blue
- Common shot silverline
- Abnormal silverline
- Forget-me-not
- Common cerulean
- Pointed Ciliate blue
- Dark cerulean
- Large guava blue
- Indian Red flash
- Peacock royal catterpillar
Family: Riodinidae (metal marks)
- Double banded judy
Family: Nymphalidae (brush footed)
- Plain tiger
- Common crow
- Black Rajah
- Common Tree brown
- Common Threering
- Common leopard
- Commander
- Common Sailer
- Common Lascar
- Baronet
- Blue pansy
- Yellow pansy
- Lemon pansy
- Chocolate pansy
- Peacock pansy
- Great eggfly
- Sahyadri Blue oakleaf
Family: Pieridae (whites and yellows)
- Common grass yellow
- Spotless grass yellow
- Small grass yellow
- Mottled emigrant
- Lemon emigrant
- Common Gull
Family: Papilionidae (swallowtails)
- Lime swallowtail
- Common Mormon
- Spot swordtail
overall a very great day today with plenty of mud puddling and nectaring activity.
Happy for getting my first record of 2 larvae of Peacock Royal butterfly 😊
Happy Butterflying to all....
Posted on
February 18, 2024 02:12 PM
by
pavandamoor
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