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27: 170:, London, to provide an open, online, complete and up-to-date database of the about 80,000 names applied to about 17,500 butterfly species. Gaonkar was described as one of the named NHM staff members, postdoctoral students and scientific associates "with leading skills in butterfly taxonomy" and identified as "representing a critical mass of professional expertise unmatched elsewhere". 179:
History Museum, London, apparently still in preparation in August 2009. Gaonkar is frequently cited explaining the origin of the name of the Asian Mormon swallowtail butterflies. He wrote that "the origins of giving common English names to organisms, particularly butterflies for tropical species started in India around the mid 19th century. The naming of
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Gaonkar is cited as the source of the list of butterflies endemic to Sri Lanka at Michael and Nancy van der Poorten's website "Butterflies & Dragonflies of Sri Lanka" in a personal communication of information from a work "The Atlas of the Butterflies of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka", Natural
442: 191:), because it had three different females, a fact that could only have been observed in the field, and this they did in India. The name obviously reflected the ... 363: 155: 472: 388: 296: 210:
An Annotated Bibliography of the Butterflies of the Indian Region Including Pakistan India Nepal Bangladesh Bhutan Sri Lanka and North Burma
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in London. In 2004, Gaonkar collaborated on a "Global Butterfly Names" proposal to the ECAT programme of the
447: 385: 340: 457: 452: 341:"Three additions to the known butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera and Grypocera) fauna of Goa, India" 143: 403: 352: 283: 277: 242: 212: 87: 309: 166:, concerning a major collaboration between developed and developing countries backed by the 392: 374: 426: 224: 184: 118: 102: 99: 320: 237:. A report submitted to the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bangalore, India, 86 pp 232: 159: 414: 247: 122: 106: 288: 228: 91: 295:, Volume 9 Issue 3, Pages 295 - 311, Published Online: 27 September 2006, 216: 315: 267: 251: 196: 261:
Vane-Wright, Richard I. and Gaonkar, Harish, Department of Entomology,
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evolved slowly. I think the first to get such a name was the
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in 1962 . In 2001 Gaonkar was a scientific associate of the
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cataloguing 330 species. Gaonkar earned his PhD from the
146:, Gaonkar completed his high school education at 109:who contributed to the Zoological Museum at the 117:and wrote a 1996 compilation of butterflies of 8: 16:Indian specialist on butterflies (born 1946) 240:O. Yata, H. Gaonkar, "A New Subspecies of 235:Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System 443:University of California, Berkeley alumni 71:Learn how and when to remove this message 195:in America, which as we know, practiced 156:Global Biodiversity Information Facility 34:This article includes a list of general 332: 162:, professor of biological diversity at 7: 339:Parag Rangnekar, Omkar Dharwadkar, 148:Anandashram High School, Bankikodla 127:University of California, Berkeley 40:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 158:. The proposal was submitted by 25: 203:Selected books and publications 473:20th-century Indian zoologists 1: 138:Education and work in London 84:Harish (Honnayya) S. Gaonkar 489: 463:People from Uttara Kannada 287:from Phuket (Lepidoptera: 468:Scientists from Karnataka 353:Asian Mormon Butterflies 271:butterflies described by 164:University College London 111:University of Copenhagen 221:Gaonkar, Harish (1996) 55:more precise citations. 263:Natural History Museum 168:Natural History Museum 152:Natural History Museum 433:Indian lepidopterists 293:Entomological Science 258:, 1999 - ci.nii.ac.jp 256:Entomological Science 254:) from South India", 438:Indian entomologists 227:, India (including 223:Butterflies of the 208:Gaonkar, H. (1995) 142:Born and raised in 391:2009-11-26 at the 243:Eurema andersonii 81: 80: 73: 480: 417: 412: 406: 401: 395: 383: 377: 372: 366: 361: 355: 350: 344: 337: 310:Papilio liomedon 265:, London. "The 76: 69: 65: 62: 56: 51:this article by 42:inline citations 29: 28: 21: 488: 487: 483: 482: 481: 479: 478: 477: 423: 422: 421: 420: 413: 409: 402: 398: 393:Wayback Machine 384: 380: 373: 369: 364:Butterfly India 362: 358: 351: 347: 338: 334: 329: 305: 205: 189:Papilio polytes 176: 140: 135: 133:Life and career 77: 66: 60: 57: 47:Please help to 46: 30: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 486: 484: 476: 475: 470: 465: 460: 455: 450: 448:Kannada people 445: 440: 435: 425: 424: 419: 418: 415:ZMUC commonweb 407: 396: 378: 375:Butterfly name 367: 356: 345: 331: 330: 328: 325: 324: 323: 318: 313: 304: 301: 300: 299: 281:is from Java, 259: 238: 219: 204: 201: 175: 172: 139: 136: 134: 131: 86:(born 1946 in 79: 78: 33: 31: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 485: 474: 471: 469: 466: 464: 461: 459: 458:Living people 456: 454: 451: 449: 446: 444: 441: 439: 436: 434: 431: 430: 428: 416: 411: 408: 405: 400: 397: 394: 390: 387: 382: 379: 376: 371: 368: 365: 360: 357: 354: 349: 346: 342: 336: 333: 326: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 311: 307: 306: 302: 298: 294: 290: 286: 285: 284:A. democritus 280: 279: 274: 270: 269: 264: 260: 257: 253: 249: 245: 244: 239: 236: 234: 230: 226: 225:Western Ghats 220: 218: 214: 211: 207: 206: 202: 200: 198: 194: 190: 186: 185:Common Mormon 182: 173: 171: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 137: 132: 130: 128: 124: 120: 119:Western Ghats 116: 112: 108: 104: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 75: 72: 64: 54: 50: 44: 43: 37: 32: 23: 22: 19: 410: 404:News Release 399: 381: 370: 359: 348: 335: 308: 292: 282: 278:A. centaurus 276: 266: 255: 241: 233:Biodiversity 222: 209: 188: 177: 174:In Sri Lanka 160:James Mallet 141: 83: 82: 67: 58: 39: 18: 453:1946 births 386:Butterflies 321:Small white 248:Lepidoptera 193:Mormon sect 123:South India 107:butterflies 53:introducing 427:Categories 327:References 289:Lycaenidae 103:specialist 36:references 273:Fabricius 229:Sri Lanka 217:488215574 144:Hanehalli 92:Karnataka 389:Archived 316:Pieridae 303:See also 268:Arhopala 252:Pieridae 197:polygamy 98:) is an 61:May 2022 181:Mormons 115:Denmark 49:improve 231:) - A 215:  100:Indian 88:Karwar 38:, but 96:India 297:link 291:)", 213:OCLC 199:." 105:on 429:: 275:: 250:: 129:. 121:, 113:, 94:, 90:, 246:( 187:( 74:) 68:( 63:) 59:( 45:.

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Karwar
Karnataka
India
Indian
specialist
butterflies
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Western Ghats
South India
University of California, Berkeley
Hanehalli
Anandashram High School, Bankikodla
Natural History Museum
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
James Mallet
University College London
Natural History Museum
Mormons
Common Mormon
Mormon sect
polygamy
OCLC
488215574
Western Ghats

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