Dear Butterfly Lovers,
வணக்கம் [Greetings].
An eventful 2017 has just passed by. The year saw a good monsoon rains and revived Butterfly migration by
Milkweed butterflies along with others and an interesting Emigrant migration of huge scale at various places
from Kanyakumari to Chennai. Consequently the number of species shoot up in all places and October and No-
vember towards the year end was good. Pansies were one of the gainers of this monsoon.
In the current issue, based on the studies conducted by TNBS members and other member contributions in
online forum, two significant outputs have been published. One is the first comprehensive checklist for the dis-
trict of Coimbatore (with 266 species) and another is butterflies presence in the wetlands of Coimbatore. We
sincerely hope the data made available in the newsletter will be useful for naturalists and planners. The year
also saw a surprise addition to the checklist of Tamil Nadu in the form of Tarucus balkanicus nigra. With this
and with a few more additions, the revalidated checklist stands at 309 species with 15 more to search for.
People have been to places from Eastern Ghats to Western Ghats and from plains to isolated hills. This issue
shares experiences of a few on these. Mr. E. Arun Kumar reports from the Kaundanya Wildlife Sanctuary of how
the place is painted with yellows and whites, while Mr. Amol Mande treks the Thalamalai to find how Red Pier-
rots are popping up to him every where. A few members like Prakash G, Nishanth CV and Ramanasaran Hari
and Pavendhan A have been to Shendurney WLS and they share their survey participation experience here as
well. Mrs. Rama Neelamegam has shared an interesting insight of “Butterfly Effect” and she admits it was an
interesting preparation phase to her. Mr. Vikas Madhav Nagarajan narrates a rare sighting of Tree Flitter from
Chennai surroundings.
We hope you enjoy going through the Newsletter and looking forward to your valuable feedback. We believe
that the News Letter belongs to every one of us and expect more contribution from all our members going for-
ward . Please write to [email protected]
Editorial Team
Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society
Pattampoochi– A quarterly magazine of
Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society
Wings 2 Veins 1
Jan – Mar 2018. Issued on 01.01.2018
Issued from Coimbatore, TN
For Private Circulation Only. Copy right is
with TNBS. Please write to us for getting
permission to use any of the contents
Editor: A Pavendhan
Editorial Team: Balakrishnan R, Gopala-
krishnan S, Nishanth CV, Theivaprakasham
H , Viswanathan S