Mobile app for data entry (30-min counts and daily checklists) as well as identification of butterflies: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bioatlasindia. Further details of the app are at: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/BOI-mobile-app.

YouTube links of the demonstration of the 30-min count method, and discussion of the method:

A demo of the 30-min count method: https://youtu.be/99RikkgYuf8

A discussion on the 30-min count method: https://youtu.be/1YxG4fFd3To

Reference website on Indian butterflies: Butterflies of India (https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org)

Additionally, you will soon find the following resources here to help you get started with a new project or advance to the next stage of butterfly monitoring:

Field identification guide

Data templates

A manual of butterfly counting

Stay tuned!

Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) in Bengaluru. Image credit: Nitin Ravikanthachari.