Butterflies mud-puddling in sand: Central India, in Panna

From the archive record

A variety of gorgeous butterflies seen mud - puddling in the heat of Panna National Park in June, in order to find all the moisture they can get. One can see lime butterflies by the dozens and Common Emigrants and Swordtails flitting around a small patch of moist mud. Do help us identify any others and clarify the above identifications. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commission