Here are links to web resources on Indian butterfly biology, taxonomy, conservation and education (please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you know any websites, databases or other web resources that you think are appropriate for this page):
ButterflyIndia yahoo group: a very active, informative email group to discuss Indian butterflies.
LepIndex: an online card index from the Natural History Museum, London; a valuable peek into NHM's Lepidoptera collections, with occasional taxonomic tidbits.
Markku Savela's online listing of the world Lepidoptera: an error-prone but quick and very useful look at taxonomic listing of the world's butterflies and moths.
DiversityIndia: a new group to discuss and document biodiversity in India.
Butterfly Conservatory of Goa: an excellent example of butterfly conservation at a local and family level.
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China: Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam: a comprehensive resource on Indo-Chinese butterflies by Yuataka Inayoshi, which is also especially relevant to butterflies of the E. Himalaya and NE India.
Other helpful web resources:
Butterflies of America: an extensive collection of reference photographs and other information of American butterflies.
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Kunte, K. 2011. Web resources on Indian butterflies. In K. Kunte, S. Kalesh and U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 1.02. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
