OK, well, this is going to be a nice short post. I know DS (Diddly Squat) about butterflies and am still trying to distinguish between a Crimson Rose and a Common Rose…I am definitely a South Indian Duffer in this field!

So, I just clicked some of them as I saw them; Karthik helped me out with some, and I hope the readers will help me out with the others…

I saw several butterflies, for some reason, with gray/white and black patterns. I wonder why they are so prevalent? This one’s the GREY COUNT:

Also dark and biege was this NIGGER: Here's one that I found in the Pygmy Hog Centre, Guwahati: This is the COMMON PIERROT, quite decorative! I think the PUNCHINELLO is named after a character in the Italian opera: This un id butterfly was on the pathway in the Pygmy Hog Centre in Guwahati: Update: Kiran Srivastava of Mumbai tells me it is the STRIPED ALBATROSS. I think this is the COMMON FIVE-RING but correct me if I'm wrong! We found this beautiful HANDMAIDEN MOTH (wonder how it got that name!) right in front of our cottage at Wildgrass.... I found many COTTON STAINER BUGS on the wildplants in Nameri, around the Eco Camp: In Kaziranga, on the first day, we marvelled at the architecture of this ANTS' NEST:

I close with this really beautiful (un id) MOTH that I saw in Nameri, too, in the Potsali Camp trekking area:

If anyone can help me with the id’s..I would be full of grate!