Butterflies of Goa

A photographic guide to Butterflies of Goa
Also includes butterflies of other ranges of the Western Ghats @ Southern India
Parag Rangnekar

Goa Meet 2009 : Photo

[This is just the beginning, we are going to have all the photos of the meet linked from here.]

Photo sets of the Goa Meet

• Minhaj on Flickr
• Rahul Natu on Picasa
• Vedavati on Orkut
• Yuwaraj Gurjar on his site
• Yuwaraj Gurjar on Orkut
• Varun on Orkut Set1 | Set2
  

Rarest Catch of the Day Award, which was won by

• Rahul Natu (Black Prince)Photo By : Buddiga Srinivasa Rao

• Amol Patwardhan (Malabar Banded Swallowtail)
  
• Pinakin Karve (Malabar Banded Peacock & Gaudy Baron)

[Amol and Pinakin, please send photos to be uploaded here.]

Goa Meet 2009 : Successful

The butterfly meet was a great experience especially for me since I was associating for the first time. Saw the Malabar Banded Swallowtail, which was a lifer for me. Some salient features :

1. 33 participants confirmed and 32 attended.
2. 108 Species butterflies were sighted.
3. Weather played spoilsport on all days.
4. Moth diversity was not too encouraging (actually people interested in moths were not many).
5. Witnessed and documented the emergence of the Moon Moth (Actias selene).
6. For the first time (I was told) managed to save money (Rs. 4,100/-). This will be deposited in the fund being created for the Fellowship.
7. Though we saved, this was also the cheapest meet (Again, I was told)
8. DCF (Wildlife), ACF and the local RFO were present for the inaugural session.
9. We constituted the Rarest Catch of the Day Award, which was won by Rahul Natu (Black Prince), Amol Patwardhan (Malabar Banded Swallowtail) and Pinakin Karve (Malabar Banded Peacock & Gaudy Baron). They were gifted the Photographic Guide to Butterflies of Goa authored by yours truly.
10. Excellent presentations were made by Amol Patwardhan, Shyam Ghate, Hemant Ogale, Mihir Chhatre, Anil Cherukupalli, Yuwraj Gurjar, Manchit Deshpande, Onkar Dharwadkar, Debra Glomb and Parag Rangnekar.
11. Saw many frog species, 3 snakes and other insect forms. The sighting of the Hump-nosed Pit Viper was the highlight.

In all we had a great time. Thanks for Amol and Vijay for guiding during the planning phase.

Parag Rangnekar

Goa Meet 2009 : Reporting and Dispersal

Participants should meet at Panjim on the Kadamba Bus-stand on 26th September 2009 at 9.00AM.

One can get buses (private as well as Govt.) from Madgaon and Vasco, both towns are around 30 kms from Panjim. People traveling by buses will be dropped very close to the bus-stop in Panjim. Regular taxis are also available from the railway station and the airport and charge around 400/- for a non a/c vehicle.

For people travelling by train, the closest station to Panjim is Carambolim (= Karmali) which is 15 km. away. Regular transport to Panjim is available.

Participants would reach back at 4.00 PM on 30th September 2009 on the Kadamba Bus Stand. So keeping a gap for couple of hours, you can plan your further plans.

Program Schedule : Goa 2009

[This is tentative program and may undergo changes considering field conditions]

Day 1: 26th September 09 Saturday

9:00 am Arrival at Panjim early morning.

9.00 - 10:30 Travel to Bondla and breakfast on the way. It is 55 km, one and half hour from Panjim.

10:30 - 11:30 Room allocation and freshen up

11.30 AM Formal Inauguration, Introduction of participants, tentative program of the meet etc.

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

14.30-18:00 Field visit

18.00 - 19.00 Freshen-up
19.00 - 20.30 Presentations/Experience sharing

20.30 - 21.30 Dinner

21.30 - Moths Inventory

Day 2: 27th September 2009 Sunday

Tambdi Surla. 35 km. from Bondla Field visit for the entire day.

5.30 - 6.30 Wake-up and breakfast
6.30 - 7.30 Travel to Tabbdi-Surla
7.30 - 17.00 Field Visit [Packed lunch will be taken.]
17.00-18.00 Back to Base Camp

18.00 - 19.00 Freshen-up
19.00 - 20.30 Presentations/Experience sharing

20.30 - 21.30 Dinner

21.30 - Moths Inventory

Day 3 28th September 2009, Monday

Travel to Dudh Sagar via Mollem/Collem 50 km from Bondla

5.30 - 6.30 Wake-up and breakfast
6.30 - 7.30 Travel to Mollem National Park
7.30 - 17.00 Field Visit [Packed Lunch will be carried along. Participants can be divided into two groups. ]
17.00-18.00 Back to Base Camp

18.00 - 19.00 Freshen-up
19.00 - 20.30 Presentations/Experience sharing

20.30 - 21.30 Dinner

21.30 - Moths Inventory

Day 4 29th September 2009, Tuesday

Travel to Netravalli. 90 km from Bondla.

5.30 - 6.30 Wake-up and breakfast
6.30 - 8.00 Travel to Netravalli Wildlife Sanctuary.
8.00 - 16.30 Field Visit [Packed Lunch will be carried along. Participants can be divided into two groups. ]
16.30-18.00 Back to Base Camp

18.00 - 19.00 Freshen-up
19.00 - 20.30 Presentations/Experience sharing

20.30 - 21.30 Dinner

21.30 - Moths Inventory

Day 5 30th September 2009, Wednesday

5.30 - 7.30 Wake-up, breakfast and packing.
7.30 - 12.00 Field Visit in Bondla
12:00 - 13.00 Valedictory function and concluding
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 16.00 Travel back to Panjim

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Invitation : IndianMoths Meet 1 : Goa 2009

We are happy to inform you that the IndianMoths meet is being planned concurrently with ButterflyIndia Meet 2009. It being planned from 26th-30th September 2009 in Bondla WLS, Goa. We are planning to organize it in Bondla WLS. Further details would be available on the group and here soon.

To express interest in the meet please enter your name here.

Invitation : ButterflyIndia Meet 9 : Goa 2009

We are happy to inform you that the ButterflyIndia Meet 2009 is being planned from 26th-30th September 2009 in Goa. We are planning to organize it in Bondla WLS. Further details would be available on the group and here soon.

To express interest in the meet please enter your name here