iButterflies

iButterflies Free App

Rated 4.47/5 (159) —  Free Android application by Ladybird Environmental Consulting LLP

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About iButterflies

A product of Ladybird Environmental Consulting (LEC) is a series of nature based Mobile apps developed to promote nature study widely across Indian cities. This butterfly mobile app covers 50 common Indian butterfly species found in metros such as Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Hyderabad. The app has been developed to study climate change impact on urban biodiversity in Indian metros. Butterflies being indicator species, a seasonal variation in their sightings will provide indication whether climate change is affecting Indian Butterflies.

These mobile apps are being developed under the U.S. State Department's International Exchange Alumni programme- Alumni Innovation Engagement Fund's Project- Mobile Apps 4 Climate Change. Dr. V.Shubhalaxmi has been the sole winner from India who won the global competition wherein 1000 proposals were submitted and only 53 finalists were chosen world over. She alongwith her four team members; Dr. Swayamprabha Das, Dr. Ashutosh Richarriya, Dr. Anirban Gupta and Mr. Isaac Kehimkar have launched student citizen science programme in 10 schools of New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkatta and Mumbai. For this endeavour, they have partnered with WWF-India and Greenline.To learn more about this initiative visit our project website www.inaturewatch.org

The app is targeted towards young students who have taken fancy to gadgets such as smartphone and tablets. The idea is to engage students by use of technology and assist them in their project work which could involve documentation of local butterfly fauna. This app is also a tool for environmental educators specially teachers who sometimes do not have access to natural history resources or persons. The app brings butterfly identification of Indian Butterflies to finger tips of its users thus providing an additional tool besides an expert or field guide.

The app describes 50 common Indian species of butterflies along with their pictures, common English and Latin name, wingspan, geographical range, habitat preferences, host plants, life cycle, similar species and interesting facts if any. The language has been kept non-technical however incase of unavoidable technical words, a glossary if provided to explain these terms. Once you download, please keep updating your app as we will be improvising and rectifying some of the technical and information errors. In case you come across a butterfly which is not available in this app, we have provided list of books and online resources wherein you could get your butterfly identified. Happy Butterflying!

This app is a brainchild of Dr.V.Shubhalaxmi so saw the gap between learner and educator, plus apathy towards environment by urban people. Having worked for BNHS for 21 years, she left to start her own social enterprise- Ladybird Environmental Consulting . Her company specializes in environmental CSR. To learn more visit her website www.ladybirdconsulting.co.in.

This app is a hard work of 37 people who worked on it besides the principal content developers; Mr. Isaac Kehimkar and Dr. V.Shubhalaxmi, the creative team of LycodonFx did an excellent job of converting a dream idea into a reality. In the domain of environment there are very few vendors who are equipped with natural history know how and product execution. This regard LycodonFx is highly recommended to all those who wish to develop new environmental products. Visit their website www.lycodonfx.com and see for yourself.

Copyright (C) 2015. All rights reserved with Ladybird Environmental Consulting. Any reproduction of any part of the mobile apps in print/electronic without appropriate permission is not allowed.

Citation
Vaylure, Shubhalaxmi, Isaac Kehimkar (Eds), Sameer Kehimkar, Alisha Kehimkar, Amit Kehimkar (2014), Mobile Apps for Climate Change (v.1.0 iButterflies)- U.S. State Department's Alumni Innovation Engagement Fund, Ladybird Environmental Consulting, Mumbai.

How to Download / Install

Download and install iButterflies version 1.1 on your Android device!
Downloaded 5,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.inaturewatch.butterflies, download iButterflies.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Minor bugs fixed
Images added & replaced
Advanced quiz added to fun section
Video tutorial in tutorial section
Life cycle videos in fun section
More downloads  iButterflies reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads  iButterflies reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads

What are users saying about iButterflies

V70%
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You have to join an inline course otherwise the pop-up that appears if you click the x in any of these it just closes the entire app!

S70%
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They only have a few kinds of butterflies not nearly rhought to be used as a functioning finder or help at all when looking fir a species of butterflies

S70%
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This app has great potential. Why not make the list bigger?

N70%
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Very few species listed

S70%
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Amazing app. I love it.

S70%
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Good initiative

H70%
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Good

S70%
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Amazing.. Eagerly waited for it..very helpful

S70%
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Seems like a good start and easy to use, but the number of species is lacking. Add more to the list and I'll gladly redownload it.

J70%
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An advertisement of ladybird courses has started coming up recently after starting the app. When advertisement is closed, the app shuts down. Thus no scope for referring to information. Please fix.

O70%
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Search option does not allow you to search and a very limited number of species.

R70%
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Very good and clear images of butterflies. Most importantly, images of eggs and caterpillars are there too which is unique.

F70%
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Good

U70%
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Excellent

G70%
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I m really happy to have downloaded this app. Can u please put the images of male and female if possible. This will give us more advantage while studying abt them. Thank you once again for developing this app.

A70%
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Very good informative and colorful. ..

U70%
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A lot of information in a lucid and simple manner.

U70%
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Excellent !

D70%
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Informative and engaging tool teaching learning activities.

P70%
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Really I was looking for like this app. Love this app

D70%
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Wonderful information

D70%
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Add more species...

W70%
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Good

X70%
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Amazing

R70%
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A long awaited app catering to Indian Nature Lovers

R70%
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Thank u soooo much for creating tiz application....it is very useful for a beginners like me...I love the way you have designed this application especially the quiz part..

R70%
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Awesome this app......kindly add what plants people need to plant for each species if they find in their vicinity...

Z70%
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It is a wonderful app which not only gives us information about butterflies but also entertains us with the quiz

C70%
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Thanks its usefull

D70%
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Thank you for this very much

R70%
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Good one.....much needed app.

R70%
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Very useful app

H70%
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Good

M70%
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Fantastic

R70%
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Excellent !

R70%
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Majboot

U70%
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Excellent app thanks to Issac Kehimkar sir, Dr. Bhakare sir and the entire team. I have another app named "Indian Butterflies" But I liked this one is very much its good especially for newbies like me also good to hear that you are going to update it by adding more butterflies. You can make this as a paid app so that it can generate funds for inclusion of all species of India. My best wishes goes to you all for your future endeavours. Once again your efforts are commendable.....hats off

M70%
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I m really happy to have downloaded this app. Can u please put the images of male and female if possible. This will give us more advantage while studying abt them. Thank you once again for developing this app.

N70%
by N####:

Its really awesome. Fantastic app

K70%
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Awesome this app......kindly add what plants people need to plant for each species if they find in their vicinity...


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