Butterfly observations at Tamhini forest, District Pune MAHARASHTRA India
Butterfly observations at Tamhini forest, District Pune MH India
19.11.2023, 10 am to 2 pm
Members:
Pavan Damoor
Dr Himanshu Pandav
Vishal Torde
Dattatray Langhi
Sharing List of butterflies observed
Family: Hesperidae (skippers)
- 7 nos
Small Brand Swift
Rice Swift
Banana skipper eggs
Chestnut Bob
Common Banded Awl larvae 5 no's and pupa
Brown Awl
Common Small Flat
Family: Lycaenidae (blues)
- 16 nos
Common hedge blue
Common cerulean
Lesser grass blue
Tiny grass blue
Dark grass blue
Lime blue
Angled Pierrot
Indian Sunbeam
Acute sunbeam
Monkey puzzle
Orchid tit
Large guava blue
Zebra blue
Pea blue
Gram blue
Grass jewel
Family: Riodinidae - 1 no
Double Banded Judy
Family: Nymphalidae - 25 nos
Lemon pansy
Grey Pansy
Chocolate pansy
Peacock pansy
Blue tiger
Plain tiger
Glassy tiger
Common castor
Common leopard
Common baron
Great eggfly
Common crow
Common Nawab
Common evening brown
Dark evening brown
Bamboo tree brown
Common Palmfly
Common three ring
Common four ring
Common five ring
Rustic
Common Sergeant
Common Sailer
Common Lascar
Common Map
Family: Pieridae (whites & yellows) - 9 nos
Common grass yellow
One spot grass yellow
Lemon emigrant
White orange tip
Common wanderer
Common gull
Psyche
Chocolate Albatross
Great Orange Tip egg
Family: Papiliondae (swallowtails) 4 nos
Lime swallowtail
Common Mormon
Blue Mormon
Red Helen
Total count 62 nos
Currently being winter season the weather is colder in the forest region around 10 to 15 degrees Celsius. Today morning it was a bit cloudy too so didn't get to observe basking activities. Also there was drastic change in temperature from cold to hot and cool breeze which prevented the butterflies to come down for mud puddling. Later on in the noon we observed some good activity of common grass yellow mud puddling in large numbers around 10 to 12. And few blue Mormons puddling too.
Overall it was a great day today....
Happy butterflying to all 🦋🦋
