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this is an exciting find, indeed! although it is very much possible
that the butterflies were carried from SE Asia to sri lanka by ****ps
or as eggs/larvae/pupae on ornamental plants, island-hopping is a
real possibility. there are some species with very interesting
distributional ranges; these occur in SE asia and australia and then
in the andaman-nicobar islands and in sri lanka but not in the
western ghats of SW india. others occur in SE asia and then in the
andaman-nicobar islands and in sri lanka-western ghats. these do not
occur in N. indo-china or NE india and the himalayas, indicating that
they might have arrived in the western ghats and sri lanka over the
bay of bengal. another possibility is that they have gone extinct
from indo-china, NE india and the himalayas, although the
biogeographic patterns are more sup****tive of island-hopping. more on
this in a couple of papers on the biogeography of SW indian
butterflies, one of which is in press and i am fini****ng the other.
At 1:37 PM -0500 2/26/08, Carolyn King wrote:
>I am posting this for Nancy and Michael van der Poorten, who are
>currently living and doing research in Sri Lanka.
>Exciting news!
>
>Carolyn King
>Toronto Entomologists' Association
>
>----- Forwarded by Carolyn King/fs/YorkU on 02/26/08 01:19 PM -----
>Michael & Nancy van der Poorten <info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>02/25/08 03:45 AM
>To
>Carolyn King <cking@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Chris Darling <chrisd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>"Colin Jones (home)" <cdjones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>cc
>Subject
>Butterfly new to Sri Lanka
>
>
>
>Hi all,
>Just wanted to let you know that we've 'discovered' a butterfly new to
>SL! Not new to science. It's Catopsilia scylla, the Orange Migrant,
>which is common in Northern Australia, Singa****e, Malaysia etc. It has
>never been re****ted in Sri Lanka before. We first saw adults, then when
>we checked the plants they were hanging around, we found pupal cases,
>pupae, eggs, larvae of all stages! So they seem to be breeding here. How
>they got here still needs to be worked out, possibly on some im****ted
>plant material. There's more information at our website:
>www.srilankaninsects.net
>
>and in this newspaper article (which has some incorrect information):
>www.sundaytimes.lk/080224/Plus/plus00002.html
>
>Nancy & Michael
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Krushnamegh.
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Krushnamegh Kunte
Doctoral Student (Gilbert and Juenger Labs).
Postal Address: 2401 W. 24th St (and Speedway)
Patterson Laboratories, Room 442
University of Texas at Austin,
Section of Integrative Biology
Austin, TX 78712-1095
Office: (512) 471-8240
Cell: (512) 577-1370
Fax: (512) 471-3878
Email: krushnamegh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website:
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/AcademicsHome.htm
General Website:
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<div>this is an exciting find, indeed! although it is very much
possible that the butterflies were carried from SE Asia to sri lanka
by ****ps or as eggs/larvae/pupae on ornamental plants, island-hopping
is a real possibility. there are some species with very interesting
distributional ranges; these occur in SE asia and australia and then
in the andaman-nicobar islands and in sri lanka but not in the western
ghats of SW india. others occur in SE asia and then in the
andaman-nicobar islands and in sri lanka-western ghats. these do not
occur in N. indo-china or NE india and the himalayas, indicating that
they might have arrived in the western ghats and sri lanka over the
bay of bengal. another possibility is that they have gone extinct from
indo-china, NE india and the himalayas, although the biogeographic
patterns are more sup****tive of island-hopping. more on this in a
couple of papers on the biogeography of SW indian butterflies, one of
which is in press and i am fini****ng the other.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>At 1:37 PM -0500 2/26/08, Carolyn King wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="-1">I am posting this for
Nancy and Michael van der Poorten, who are currently living and doing
research in Sri Lanka.</font></tt></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="-1">Exciting
news!</font></tt><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="-1">Carolyn
King</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="-1">Toronto Entomologists' Association</font></tt><br>
<br>
<font size="-2" color="#800080">----- Forwarded by Carolyn
King/fs/YorkU on 02/26/08 01:19 PM -----</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-2"><b>Michael & Nancy
van der Poorten <info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
></font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-2">02/25/08 03:45
AM</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="right"><font
size="-2">To</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-2">Carolyn King
<cking@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris Darling <chrisd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jones (home)"
<cdjones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="right"><font
size="-2">cc</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="right"><font
size="-2">Subject</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-2">Butterfly new to Sri
Lanka</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
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<tt><font size="-1">Hi all,<br>
Just wanted to let you know that we've 'discovered' a butterfly new
to<br>
SL! Not new to science. It's Catopsilia scylla, the Orange
Migrant,<br>
which is common in Northern Australia, Singa****e, Malaysia etc. It
has<br>
never been re****ted in Sri Lanka before. We first saw adults, then
when<br>
we checked the plants they were hanging around, we found pupal
cases,<br>
pupae, eggs, larvae of all stages! So they seem to be breeding here.
How<br>
they got here still needs to be worked out, possibly on some
im****ted<br>
plant material. There's more information at our website:<br>
www.srilankaninsects.net<br>
<br>
and in this newspaper article (which has some incorrect
information):<br>
www.sundaytimes.lk/080224/Plus/plus00002.html<br>
<br>
Nancy & Michael</font></tt></blockquote>
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<div><br></div>
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<div><font color="#042E04">Krushnamegh.<br>
--------------------------------<br>
Krushnamegh Kunte<br>
Doctoral Student (Gilbert and Juenger Labs).</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Postal Address: 2401 W. 24th St (and
Speedway)<br>
Patterson Laboratories, Room 442<br>
University of Texas at Austin,<br>
Section of Integrative Biology<br>
Austin, TX 78712-1095</font><br>
<font color="#000000"></font></div>
<div><font color="#042E04">Office: (512) 471-8240<br>
Cell: (512) 577-1370<br>
Fax: (512) 471-3878</font></div>
<div><font color="#042E04">Email: krushnamegh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
></div>
<div><font color="#042E04">Academic Website:</font><font
color="#000000">
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/AcademicsHome.htm</font
></div>
<div><font color="#042E04">General Website:</font><font
color="#000000">
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/index.htm</font></div
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