Dear Butterfly Lovers,
வணக்கம் [Greetings].
The year 2018 began with dry and cool climate in most places. As expected, the species count have been at the
lowest in many places compared to other parts of the year generally. There was a brief, but sharp spells of rain
in the month of March and this triggered Danainae migration well ahead of its usual April journey. We will try
to cover these in detail in the next issue. With that (rain), there seems to be increase in butterfly population.
Botanical Gardens situated within the TNAU campus in Coimbatore is one of the places where butterflies can
be seen throughout the year in good numbers. In order to assess the species occurring in this place, a year long
study is undertaken by TNBS and the results and findings are discussed under the section “ Garden of Butter-
flies”. Most members were more than happy to share their moments run in our FB forum under the campaign
share your “My Best Butterfly Moment 2017”. These are consolidated and given as a section here; we thank
members for their participation and sharing the same with all members.
Any number of walks that one undertakes in Siruvani Hills, one would never be tired of it and something will be
on the offing always. This time around a few of the TNBS went for a walk with FD permission and they have
netted a whopping 102 species in a session with some special catch like Painted Courtesan; more on the same
is detailed in a session by Ms. Geethanjali. Another young member of the society, Ramanasran Hari, specialises
on life cycle studies and this time around, he has shared the life cycle of White Four-ring. A new section” In
News” has been added from the current issue; this will try to briefly reflect what our Society has been doing on
awareness, studies and educative participation.
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 2
Apr – Jun 2018. Issued on 01.04.2018
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