7 May 2018
Gaur (Bos gaurus)
This magnificent animal is the largest of all wild cattle. Unfortunately humanity's insatiable desire to destroy habitats has decimated its numbers. Thus the…
5 May 2018
Gaur (Bos gaurus)
Gaur (Bos gaurus) is a magnificent giant that only fears humans and tigers. It is the largest of all wild cattle and is also called Indian bison by many. Like…
2 May 2018
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
An encounter with a member of a group of Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus). In what seemed like a quiet morning with little wildlife in Kedarnath Musk…
2 May 2018
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
My goal was to get a glimpse of this high altitude species, and on my first morning I did see a lone adult male quite near in. I did get a decent image and was…
2 Dec 2014
Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)
Another species in the Adelpha genus! Some are very hard to identify as the patterns look very similar, but this thoasa sister (Adelpha thoasa) is of the easy…
19 Nov 2013
Orsilochus Daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus)
This orsilochus daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus) was seemingly quite territorial, as I found it either on the ground or on the vegetation in the same area…
26 Nov 2012
Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)
The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…
25 Nov 2012
Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)
Identifying the Adelphas is not easy, and in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park they are so plentiful that your analytical skills are really put to the test.…
25 Nov 2012
Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)
The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…