Dear Butterfly Lovers,
வணக்கம் [Greetings].
The second quarter of the year had its moments with respect to butterflies. The rains are closely associated
with butterflies and the good rains continued into the second quarter too with some districts like Coimbatore
had record rains for the corresponding period in the last 100 years or so. While the Danainae migration contin-
ued into this quarter too, Lime Butterflies made a grand show in Coimbatore and The Nilgiris district.
TNBS was fortunate to conduct a repeat survey on birds and butterflies of Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary in the
month of April 2018. The combined figures of butterflies jumped to 161 species and birds too reported good
numbers. Certain pockets of the WLS was extremely good with respect to butterfly species and counts. They
are from reasonably lower elevation and those unspoilt areas, we hope, are protected the way, they are done
now. We have added a brief note on the migration of Tigers and Crows and also covered in details the outburst
of Lime Butterfly in the Western parts of Tamil Nadu.
We encourage naturalists to share their butterfly walk experiences; these not only become an enjoyable and
virtual experience, it also helps bringing the hidden hotspots and gems into the limelight. This issue has three of
such walks covered; first by Mr. Balakrishnan on his exploration of Navamalai, second by Mr. Amol Mande on
his 10 Km trekking exercise to Deviyar estate which can be accessed only by foot and the last by Mr. Vishvajit
Kadam on his first encounter with the beautiful Kallar. All of them have narrated their experiences very inter-
estingly. Mr. Theivaprakasham Hari does lot of work on lifecycles and he has penned an article on the Caterpil-
lars which are usually called as Eating Machine. A small note on the weed plant– Chromolaena odorata on how
it is able to attract butterflies of all families is presented. Mr. Viswanathan and Mr. Gopalakrishnan have shared
their monsoon magic moments of the butterflies through their lenses. The section” In News” is continuing from
the last issue. Selective representative images from the FB pages from all those contributors for the preceding
quarter forms the last section of this issue.
We hope you enjoy going through this 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 3
Jul – Sep 2018. Issued on 01.07.2018
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