31-08-2012

Thrissur district, Kerala

S Common Bushbrown (see photo below)
G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Cerulean
S Psyche
S Common Emigrant
S Common Fourring
S Common Wanderer
S Common Castor
S Blue Tiger
S Common Mormon
S Grey Pansy
S Common Albatross
S Southern Birdwing
S Common Sailer
S Dark Blue Tiger
F Brown Skippers
S Nigger
S Chocolate Pansy
S Striped Tiger
S Monkey Puzzle
S Tailed Jay
S Blue Mormon
F Small Orange Skipper
S Great Eggfly
S Common Palmfly
S Small Cupid
S Plains Cupid
S Common Evening Brown

30-08-2012

Thrissur district, Kerala

S Common Mormon
S Common Cerulean
S Common Pierrot
F Various Lycaenids
S Common Crow
S Psyche
G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Fourring
S Common Fivering
S Nigger
S Common Wanderer
S Common Sailer
S Blue Mormon
S Common Palmfly
S Common Emigrant
S Southern Birdwing
G Bushbrown (mostly Common)
S Common Rose

29-08-2012

Palakkad district, Kerala

G Bushbrown (mostly Common)
S Common Fourring
S Psyche
G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Cerulean
F Brown Skippers
S Chocolate Pansy
S Common Crow
S Common Emigrant
S Blue Mormon
S Common Mormon

28-08-2012

Palakkad district, Kerala

S Southern Birdwing
G Bushbrown (mostly Common)
S Psyche
S Common Fourring
S Pygmy Scrub Hopper
F Brown Skippers
G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Angled Castor
S Common Mormon
S Southern Rustic
S Chocolate Pansy
S Blue Mormon
S Common Sailer
S Common Emigrant
S Common Evening Brown
S Grey Pansy

27-08-2012

Palakkad district, Kerala

S Psyche
G Bushbrowns (mostly Common)
S Southern Rustic
S Common Cerulean
F Various Lycaenids
F Plain Brown Skipper
F Plain Brown Flat
S Common Fourring
G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Emigrant
S Blue Tiger
S Southern Birdwing
S Common Albatross

26-08-2012

Palakkad district, Kerala

S Nigger
S Psyche
S Common Mormon
S Southern Birdwing
S Common Cerulean
F Various grey Lycaenids
S Common Emigrant
S Great Eggfly
S Common Salier
S Common Crow
S Chocolate Pansy
S Three-Spot Grass Yellow
S Common Grass Yellow
G Castor (mostly Common)
S Tamil Grass Dart
F Two brown Skippers
S Common Fourring
S Common Fivering

25-08-2012

Palakkad district, Kerala

S Common Mormon
G Castor (mostly Common)
S Common Emigrant

24-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Castor
S Tailed Jay
F Lycaenid, small with whitish UN, jerky flight pattern, seen in tree canopy
S Common Emigrant
S Common Wanderer
S Common Crow
S Common Mormon
S Blue Tiger
S Gram Blue

23-08-2012

Mumbai (various spots)

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Lemon Pansy
F Lycaenid, small with whitish UN, jerky flight pattern, seen in tree canopy
S Blue Tiger
S Common Crow
S Great Eggfly
S Common Emigrant
S Common Castor
S Tailed Jay
S Common Albatross
G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Castor
S Common Crow
S Tailed Jay

22-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Emigrant
S Common Crow
S Great Eggfly

21-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Grey Pansy
S Tailed Jay
F Lycaenid, small with whitish UN, jerky flight pattern, seen in tree canopy
S Great Eggfly
S Common Emigrant
S Common Evening Brown (see photo below)

20-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Castor
S Grey Pansy
F Lycaenid, small with whitish UN, jerky flight pattern, seen in tree canopy

19-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)

18-08-2012

Mumbai (various spots)

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Crow
S Common Emigrant
S Common Castor
S Tailed Jay
S Common Crow
S Common Emigrant
S Tailed Jay

17-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Castor
S Gram Blue
S Lemon Pansy (see photo below)
S Dark Grass Blue

16-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Castor
S Grey Pansy
S Tailed Jay
S Peacock Pansy
S Great Eggfly
S Common Albatross
S Common Emigrant
S Gram Blue

15-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common, see photo below)
S Common Emigrant

14-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Castor
S Gram Blue (see collage below)
S Blue Tiger
S Great Eggfly
S Tailed Jay
S Common Emigrant
S Common Crow

13-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellow (mostly Common)
S Blue Tiger
S Common Emigrant
S Tailed Jay

Bandra, Mumbai

S Common Crow
S Tailed Jay

12-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)
S Common Castor
F Lycaenid, small with whitish UN, jerky flight pattern, seen in tree canopy
S Tailed Jay
S Common Rose
S Common Crow
S Gram Blue
S Dark Grass Blue

11-08-2012

Mulund, Mumbai
G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)

F Lycaenid, small with whitish UN, jerky flight pattern, seen in tree canopy
G Emigrants (mostly Common)
S Tailed Jay

Bhandup, Mumbai
S Common Mormon
S Grey Pansy

Day 1: Format and Notations

Like everybody else, I see many butterflies during the course of a normal day. The difference is that I actually take a second or two to look at them. Maybe this is because of my interest in clicking butterflies (along with flowers, moths, dragonflies, etc.). Maybe it is just because of my admiration for the beauties of the natural world, even without the selfish motive of photographing them. Or perhaps at some level I realize that the fewer butterflies I see in my normal environment, the less hope there is of maintaining the delicate ecological balance of the world we live in. In any case I have decided, for no reason in particular, to keep a daily record of the butterflies I spot

Each day's diary entry would have the date in dd-mm-yyyy format as the title, and the post itself would consist of the following details:

• One or more paragraphs, starting with Place Name (Area, City, State if other than Maharashtra)
• Multiple lines in each paragraph, starting with a single letter that denotes to what level I could identify the butterfly
• Next would be the family name and appearance (only if I was not able to identify the butterfly further)  
• Or else the common name of the genus (only if I was not able to identify the butterfly further)
• Or else (ideally) just the common name of the species

For example the title of today's post would have been 10-08-2012 and the text would have been:

Mulund, Mumbai

G Grass Yellows (mostly Common)

S Common Castor

S Great Eggfly

F Lycaenid, small with whitish UN, jerky flight pattern, seen in tree canopy

S Common Crow

S Common Emigrant
S Common Evening Brown

Whenever possible I shall add photographs of the butterflies spotted