From: Brian Finch <birdfinch@gmail.com>
Date: 2019-01-23 10:58
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Butterflies of Kenya

Hi Shailesh,
The genus Anthene (hairtails because most have six projections on the
rear of the hindwing) are a difficult group, at a glance it looks like
you have A indefinita female above and male below,
Best for now
Brian

On 1/22/19, Colin Jackson colin.jackson@arocha.org [kenyabirdsnet]
<kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Hi Shailesh!
>
> GREAT to hear you've been photographing butterflies!
>
> The very BEST thing to do with your images is to upload them to the
> Virtual Museum - a sister project to the Kenya Bird Map and the data for
> which is openly shared with anyone who wants to use it. The Lepidoptera
> Society for Africa (LepSoc), uses the VM as a basis for depositing
> 'specimens' (in the form of a digital image) and there are recognised
> experts who go through and identify photographs that people submit for
> them.
>
> This way your images are going to be kept for ever as an historical
> record of that species at that place and time and will contribute to
> building up our knowledge of butterfly distribution and status.
>
> If you need help in how to upload, there are help documents on the site.
> It's a bit slow to start with, but once you're used to it, it's very
> straight forward.
>
> Best,
>
> Colin
>
> On 21/01/2019 21:00, Shailesh Kumar Patel honeyguide_sk@yahoo.com
> [kenyabirdsnet] wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> While in Nairobi for 3 weeks in January 2019, I took lots of wildlife
>> photographic. For the next few weeks, I will be posted photos where I
>> need your help to id them.
>>
>> The photos are taken within Nairobi. Please have a look at the
>> attachments and tell me what is as follows:
>>
>> Photo 1.
>> Photo 2.
>>
>> I don't know if photo 1 and 2 is the same species or not.
>>
>> More to come later.
>>
>> Shailesh
>>
>