19 Sep 2010 Panti Forest

[Bluebottle]

Sharing some shots taken at Panti Forest.
Help is appreciated to ID the butterfly.

1. Looks like female Malay Baron, but I am not certain
2. T. palguna or munda?
3. Bassarona teuta goodrichi, Female
4. Arhopala 4?
5. Arhopala democritus

[Bluebottle]

6. Tagiades ultra
7. Mycalesis orseis nautilus
8. Cyrestis themire themire
9. Cyrestis themire themire
10 Athyma reta moorei (Malay Staff Sergeant )

[Bluebottle]

11.Taxila haquinus haquinus (Harlequin)
12. Coelites epiminthia epiminthia
13. Ragadia makuta siponta
14. Zemeros emesoides emesoides (Malay Punchinello)
15. Zemeros emesoides emesoides (Malay Punchinello)
16. Prothoe franck uniformis (Blue Begum)

[Blue Nawab]

Wow, a fruitful trip....nice series....:cheers:

[Blue Nawab]

Sharing some shots taken at Panti Forest.
Help is appreciated to ID the butterfly.

1. Looks like female Malay Baron, but I am not certain
2. Unknown 2
3. Unknown 3
4. Arhopala 4?
5. Arhopala 5?

No. 3 is Banded Marquis

[Blue Nawab]

11.Taxila haquinus haquinus (Harlequin)
12. Coelites epiminthia epiminthia
13. Ragadia makuta siponta
14. Zemeros emesoides emesoides (Little Maplet)
15. Zemeros emesoides emesoides (Little Maplet)
16. Prothoe franck uniformis (Blue Begum)

No. 14 and 15 is Zemeros emesoides

[Glorious Begum]

Very nice set, love the Blue Begum most :cheers:

[Painted Jezebel]

Wonderful photos. The Prothoe franck uniformis is best. It shows more detail than any other photo of this species I've seen:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: . I take it you have rotated the pic, as this species always rests on tree trunks, face down.

Zemeros emesoides is called the Malay Punchinello. The Little Maplet is a different species altogether (Chersonesia species).

Arhopala No.5 is A. democritus.

[Commander]

Lovely set from a fruitful outing! That's a very pristine Blue Begum with very vibrant colours. :thumbsup:

[Bluebottle]

No. 3 is Banded Marquis
Cher Hern, thanks for kind words and ID.


Very nice set, love the Blue Begum most :cheers:
Thanks LC.


Wonderful photos. The Prothoe franck uniformis is best. It shows more detail than any other photo of this species I've seen:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: . I take it you have rotated the pic, as this species always rests on tree trunks, face down.

Zemeros emesoides is called the Malay Punchinello. The Little Maplet is a different species altogether (Chersonesia species).

Arhopala No.5 is A. democritus.
Les, thanks for the ID.
I rotated the photo for better viewing purpose. The butterfly was face-down, feeding on tree sap.


Lovely set from a fruitful outing! That's a very pristine Blue Begum with very vibrant colours. :thumbsup:
Thanks uncle Khew. It is indeed a very fruitful and enjoyable trip, good company and great food (from bakoteh, magnum ice cream to dinner :)).

[Silverstreak]

Nice sets of shots!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

#10 is a Athyma reta moorei (Malay Staff Sergeant )

http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=15053&stc=1&d=1284957724

:cheers:

[Peacock Royal]

Wow very fruitful trip - so many beautiful shots and species. :thumbsup:
The Blue Begum is so gorgeous !
Must find time to go there !

[Silverstreak]

Here are some of my shots from the outing:

The whole Bassarona gang came out to sunbath when we were about to pack-up for the day.

Amongst them weree Bassrona teuta goodrich which is described as rather rare according to C&P4. (note there is a disparity in page 189 and plate 28 fig 13 & 14

#1
Bassarona teuta goodrich Male
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/Bassarona-teuta-royana.jpg

#2

Bassarona teuta goodrichi Female

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1562---19_09_2010.jpg

#3
Bassarona dunya dunya

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1509---19_09_2010.jpg

[Silverstreak]

Chased this ovipositing female Clubtail near the base camp into the wood for more than 45 minutes , nearly lost my way in the jungle.....ended up exiting onto the main track .:sweat:

#4
Pachiiopta neptunus neptunus ( Clubtail )

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1365---19_09_2010.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/New-f.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1320---19_09_2010.jpg


#5

Pathysa deslessertii deslessertii (The Malayan Zebra) Male

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1501-.jpg

#6
Mycalesis orseis nautilus (Purple Bush Brown)


#6-1

Pregnant Constable ..... ovispositing

Stibochiona nicea subucula ( The Constable ) Female

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1445---19_09_2010.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1013---19_09_2010.jpg

[Silverstreak]

#7
Taxila haquinus haquinus (Harlequin)

Male
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1210---19_09_2010.jpg

Female
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/2010_0.jpg

#8
Ragadia makuta siponta ( The Ringlet )

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1501---19_09_2010.jpg


#9
Athyma reta moorei (Malay Staff Sergeant)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----1417---19_09_2010.jpg

[atronox]

I think the second specimen is either T. palguna or munda, based on characters listed by C&P4.:grin2:

[Leopard Lacewing]

Nice series from you guys :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thanks for the outing.

Cheers!

[Silverstreak]

I think the second specimen is either T. palguna or munda, based on characters listed by C&P4.:grin2:


Aaron ,

Your suggestion of them being Tanaecia palguna or Tanaecia munda are miles off from the pictures taken and the C&P4 plates.

....picture worth 1000 words:

[bluefin]

Wonderful series from everyone. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
A fruitful outing with many great shots. The Blue Begum is a gem. :)

[Great Mormon]

Lovely series from everyone! The Blue Begum is one hell of a beautiful butterfly!

[The Plane]

Loke, nice series from you. And congrats for getting the special one :thumbsup: .

It was a tiring (for me) but nice outing. Wish to thank Ellen for the bakooteh, Bobby for the ice cream, and Uncle Sunny for bringing us to such a cheap but delicious CIY dinner ;P .

[Silverstreak]

Yes it was a scorching and tiring hot day. First time ever all the cold drinks were wolfed down .....


Meanwhile on the way home the gang of five were hungry and we decided to have steak....

...at the restaurant :

Ellen: I want my sirloin medium rare.

Waiter: ,,,, you cook it yourself !! :prrr:

Ellen: orhh....


:bsmile: :bsmile: :bsmile:

[The Plane]

Uncle Sunny, nice series from you too :thumbsup: . The Clubtail was definitely worth chasing and good shot of the Malayan Zebra.

BTW, can share the shot setting ? I was trying to shoot it but not successful due to the constant flapping of its wings at such high speed. :sweat:

[Yamfly]

Wow!! Plenty of beautiful shots & amazing series!! :thumbsup:

[Silverstreak]

Chng,

1.The Clubtail was shot at ISO1250 1/300s( meaningless, the flash duration was the shutter speed ) F/7.1 Manual mode , First curtain flash.

2.The Malayan Zebra was shot in machine gun mode (9-10 frames/sec) at ISO640 1/250s F/9, fill-flashed. This shot was lucky to freeze the non-stop flapping wing at almost wide open .

For those non-stop flappers, normally you will require shutter speed above 1/500s to capture them, under the sun you cannot use method (1) , the only way is to open open up to around F/6.3 to F/8 and crank up your ISO to get higher shutter speed.

Cheers!

[Painted Jezebel]

Aaron ,

Your suggestion of them being Tanaecia palguna or Tanaecia munda are miles off from the pictures taken and the C&P4 plates.

....picture worth 1000 words:

Sunny, Aaron was talking about post #1 in this thread, not your Bassarona pics. His suggestions are valid.

[Silverstreak]

Thanks Les!

Aaron,

Do be specific , in a thread with outing comprising 4-5 photogs , please refer your comments with reference to the specific photog and his shot , so as not to cause confusion!

Cheers!

[The Plane]

Here are some of my shots to share :

a) Cyrestis themire themire
b) Bassarona teuta goodrichi (Female) - For almost the whole day, I ignored this beautiful lady thinking it was a normal one until Uncle Sunny pointed out that it is different, then we all start chasing it :bsmile:
c) Unknown
d) Terinos atlita teuthras

Cheers

[The Plane]

Chng,

1.The Clubtail was shot at ISO1250 1/300s( meaningless, the flash duration was the shutter speed ) F/7.1 Manual mode , First curtain flash.

2.The Malayan Zebra was shot in machine gun mode (9-10 frames/sec) at ISO640 1/250s F/9, fill-flashed. This shot was lucky to freeze the non-stop flapping wing at almost wide open .

For those non-stop flappers, normally you will require shutter speed above 1/500s to capture them, under the sun you cannot use method (1) , the only way is to open open up to around F/6.3 to F/8 and crank up your ISO to get higher shutter speed.

Cheers!

Uncle Sunny, Thanks for sharing. For the Malayan Zebra, I tried various settings around ISO500-800, 1/200, F8-F10, first curtain flash but shot was very much over exposed. Furthermore, my cam only got 3 fps, not fast enough and timing was not right to catch it at fully open. Will try your setting next time. :cheers:

[Painted Jezebel]

Chng,

Firstly, congratulations of getting the underside of a female Bassarona teuta goodrichi. This is very difficult to achieve (I've been trying to get a good shot of my local race, B. t. gupta, since I arrived), and to get such a clear photo is exceptional!

Secondly, I am sure that your third photo is not Euthalia aconthea gurda. The forewing markings are wrong. The lack of any distinctive markings lead me to suggest that it may be Euthalia kanda marana, but as I have not seen this species in the wild, perhaps others may wish to comment.

[Commander]

Secondly, I am sure that your third photo is not Euthalia aconthea gurda. The forewing markings are wrong. The lack of any distinctive markings lead me to suggest that it may be Euthalia kanda marana, but as I have not seen this species in the wild, perhaps others may wish to comment.

Yes indeed. That is no E. aconthea. Will need to scrutinise the males of the various Euthalia or even Tanaecia to compare. :thinking:

[The Plane]

Secondly, I am sure that your third photo is not Euthalia aconthea gurda. The forewing markings are wrong. The lack of any distinctive markings lead me to suggest that it may be Euthalia kanda marana, but as I have not seen this species in the wild, perhaps others may wish to comment.

Thanks Les and Uncle Khew for the correction. :embrass: sorry, always ID wrongly.

[atronox]

Sunny, Aaron was talking about post #1 in this thread, not your Bassarona pics. His suggestions are valid.


Thanks Les!

Aaron,

Do be specific , in a thread with outing comprising 4-5 photogs , please refer your comments with reference to the specific photog and his shot , so as not to cause confusion!

Cheers!
Oh, sry, maybe i shld have specified that i was referrring to the 2nd specimen of the first post.:embrass:

[Bluebottle]

Thanks Sunny, Aaron for the ID.

Nice shots Chng, Sunny :thumbsup:

Sharing two more :cheers:

1. Athyma reta moorei (Malay Staff Sergeant)
2. Nymph ?

[Silverstreak]

Loke ,

#2 Nymph is a Ideopsis gaura perakana ( The Smaller Wood Nymph )

:cheers:

[Leopard Lacewing]

Here are my shots... Just came back to process the shots.

Cheers!


http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z307/leopardLacewing/bc_DSC_9945.jpg




http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z307/leopardLacewing/bc_DSC_0040.jpg




http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z307/leopardLacewing/bc_DSC_0046-1.jpg




http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z307/leopardLacewing/bc_DSC_9882.jpg




http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z307/leopardLacewing/bc_DSC_9885.jpg




http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z307/leopardLacewing/bc_DSC_0073.jpg




http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z307/leopardLacewing/bc_DSC_0059.jpg


Seems like PhotoBucket having issue uploading my pics though 100% completed. Will post the rest when it's available :confused:

[butterfly_effect]

Nice shots everyone! I'll post soon! :D

Chng, I really liked the underside shot of the "special baron". You're the only one who nailed it!

Loke, the Blue Begum is too fantastic! You may also kok my head for giving you wrong ID.

Unker Sunny, beautiful Clubtail! The rest are great too!

Bobbo, what can I say. Your shots always nice one anyway. LOL!

And... ya ma... I thought they will cook the steak for me ma... hee hee ^_^;;;

Thanks ar Unker Sunny for eating most of my steak for me. I feel thinner today already! :D

[butterfly_effect]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/5011520179_7762dca4ef_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92639059@N00/5011520179/)
Lexias cyanipardus sandakana (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92639059@N00/5011520179/) by garnet_mermaid (http://www.flickr.com/people/92639059@N00/), on Flickr

Check out the biggest Archduke I'd ever seen! O_O

[Psyche]

Hi and here's the ids of the unknowns
1. This first is T. pelea female. The differences from E. monina are: forewing inner spots elongated and long dash at the dorsum; blue spot; hindwing spots not drawn into an evenly black zigzag line. The clincher nad unique to T pelea are the long narrow palpi which can be seen between the bases of the antennae.
2. This is T. munda male. Note tips of long arrowheads reaching midway into the pale spots in spaces 2 & 3. Typically in T palguna the arrowheads are rather short. This male is dark, but it can be much whitened.
4. The oakblue can only be narrowed down to A. amphimuta or major. Since the postdiscal & discal spots are rather large, it is probably A.amphimuta.
The Stibochiona female is actually Dichorragia nesimachus.
The baron is as Les suggested E. kanda. Note blunt forewing apex, ochreous brown colour, and zigzag onthe hindwing. Forewing zigzag line may be smudged as in this case. The two other unspotted males of E. merta and E. eriphylae are much darker with sharply-pointed forewings.
TL Seow

[Psyche]

A correction to the above post.
4.Since the discal and postdiscal spots in space 7 ( middle two of the four spots ) are rather large it is probably A. amphimuta.
TL Seow

[Bluebottle]

Thanks for the IDs, Seow :cheers:

[Psyche]

Thanks for the IDs, Seow :cheers:

Not at all.

Cheers

TL Seow