Butterflies of India website is a vast project that draws upon the expertise of a large number of butterfly biologists, naturalists and advanced butterfly-watchers, and upon the generous contributions from butterfly-watchers and photographers. As a result, this website is truly a consortium of scientists, whether they are professional, amateur or citizen. The current team members are:
CHIEF EDITORS: Krushnamegh Kunte, Sanjay Sondhi, Purnendu Roy
BOARD OF EDITORS:
Natural History and Biology, including early stages and larval host plants: Krushnamegh Kunte, Nitin R., Tarun Karmakar, Rohan Lovalekar, Hemant Ogale, Paresh Churi, Pranav Gokhale.
Systematics, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature (including common names): Krushnamegh Kunte, Purnendu Roy, Sanjay Sondhi.
Content Development, Image Reviews, Website Operations, etc: Fahim Khan, Rohit Girotra, Ashok Sengupta, Nitin R.
Mobile App Development and Content: Fahim Khan, Rajat Joshi, Savita Bharti, Swathi H. A.
Policy, Outreach, and Collaborations: Krushnamegh Kunte, Sanjay Sondhi, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah.
Website Development and Management: Krushnamegh Kunte and Purnendu Roy
REVIEWERS: content reviewers, including for images, listed not in any particular order:
Fahim Khan | Rohan Lovalekar | Hemant Ogale | Dattaprasad Sawant | Paresh Churi |
Sanjay Sondhi | Ashok Sengupta | Nitin R. | Swathi H. A. | Abhay Soman |
Tarun Karmakar | Pranav Gokhale | Arjan Basu Roy | Rudraprasad Das | Tushar Bhagwat |
G. S. Girish Kumar | Purnendu Roy | Krushnamegh Kunte | Atanu Bose | Deepak Naik |
Rajat Joshi | Ishwar Maanay | Vikas Madhav Nagarajan |
This is an expanding list, so please let us know if you want to volunteer to develop this website, or want to nominate someone to be an editor or a reviewer.
Image contributors are mentioned on the images themselves, and they will be listed on a separate page, with links to their contributions, in due course.