Butterfly observations 14.01.2024
Tamhini Pune Maharashtra India

Dr Himanshu Pandav
Pavan Damoor

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Timing: 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

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1. Catterpillar of Black Prince
2. Dark Pierrot (lifer)
3. Rice Swift
4. Spotted small flat
5. Dark grass blue
6. Lesser grass blue
7. Grass jewel
8. Common cerulean
9. Common Hegde blue
10. Tiny grass blue
11. Double banded judy
12. Common Sergeant
13. Colour Sergeant female
14. Lemon Pansy
15. Grey pansy
16. Chocolate pansy
17. Yellow pansy
18. Blue pansy
19. Peacock pansy
20. Common Lascar
21. Common Leopard
22. Common evening brown
23. Bamboo tree brown
24. Indian Nawab
25. Common Map
26. Zebra blue
27. Common Mormon
28. Blue Mormon
29. Lime swallowtail
30. Common Rose
31. Common grass yellow
32. Spotless grass yellow
33. Lemon emigrant
34. Psyche
35. Common gull
36. Common castor
37. Indian Cupid
38. Common Sailer
39. Plain Tawny Rajah
40. Common crow
41. Striped tiger
42. Blue tiger
43. Glassy tiger
44. Rustic
45. Angled Pierrot
46. Tailless line blue
47. Great eggfly
48. Daniad eggfly
49. Forget-me-not
50. Common Pierrot

Happy Butterflying 🦋🦋 to all....

Butterfly observation 28.01.2024
Tamhini Pune Maharashtra India

Dr Himanshu Pandav
Pavan Damoor

ButterfliesofPune

Timing: 8:30 am to 1:00 pm

Total species count: 30

1. Spotted small flat (nectaring)
2. Dark grass blue (basking)
3. Lesser grass blue (basking)
4. Grass jewel (roosting)
5. Common cerulean (roosting)
6. Tiny grass blue (basking)
7. Double banded judy (roosting)
8. Common Sergeant (adult, catterpillar in 2nd instar, infested catterpillar)
9. Lemon Pansy (basking)
10. Grey pansy (basking)
11. Chocolate pansy (nectaring)
12. Yellow pansy (flight)
13. Peacock pansy (basking)
14. Common Leopard (basking)
15. Common evening brown
16. Common Mormon (puddling)
17. Red Helen (flight)
18. Common grass yellow (roosting)
19. Psyche (basking)
20. Common gull (basking, nectar
21. Common castor (flight)
22. Common Sailer (basking)
23. Common crow (puddling)
24. Blue tiger (flight)
25. Rustic (basking)
26. Angled Pierrot (flight)
27. Tailless line blue (puddling)
28. Great eggfly (roosting)
29. Forget-me-not (puddling)
30. Three ring (basking)
31. Black prince catterpillar

The overall butterfly activity has gone down within a span of 15 days. Last visit on 14.01.2024 we got around 50 to 55 species, but now only 30 species.
Main reason for such a low count could be due to cold climate conditions during night & early morning and immediate rise in temperature by getting much hotter during day time. Due to this sudden change in weather conditions the butterflies might have either migrated or preferring to stay where they are and not coming out.

Happy Butterflying to all....