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My Best Butterfly Moment 2019
#Mybestbutterflymoment2019
The Tamil Nadu Butterflies FB Forum ran a âMybestbutterflymomentâ for the 5th consecutive year in running. The idea is to
recollect the best moment an individual can remember and share with all members as a way of saying good bye to the year
end. All in all, 16 responses were there and it was quite interesting to go through all of them. And we have reproduced the
same here for everyone to go through!
Elavarasan Malaiyappan
Though there are many best butterfly moments to me in
2019, I am mentioning here some of the most delightful
moments. Sighting of
1.Tarucus balkanicus ( Black Spotted Pierrot)
2.Silverstreak Blue
3.Tarucus indica (Transparent Pierrot)
4.Common Onyx
( All from Salem)
Successful completion of the lifecycle of both T. balkanicus
and T. indica .
Observation of Butterflies migration for the first time.
Able to prepare checklists of butterflies based on families.
Thanks to Tamilnadu Butterflies for being a learning
platform and also for the Knowledge dissemination and
Documentation of Butterflies. Happy to be a member of
TNBS.
H Byju
Having seen many scribble the exciting and fruitful year
spend with butterflies, I too thought of sharing some of my
experience into the highlights of the year. Many thanks to
Pavendhan Appavu for sending me to Idukki Butterfly
survey where I met two beautiful Awlkings and Kalesh
Sadasivan Doctor too. This was followed by a beautiful
watch of vanadevatha (Malabar Tree Nymph) slow gliding
for almost an hour.
The end of the year was followed by the sighting of
Common Onyx from Sathyamangalam Survey by our team.
Thanks for all the many friends like Shravan, Nishanth and
Hari for the help during different visits. Hope the next year
also to contribute more in learning and understanding
nature through butterflies .
PATTAMPOOCHI
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