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Glorious Begum
07-Jun-2008, 08:52 PM
I thought it was a butterfly .... .... :-( quite small size like a 10 cents coin.

Can anyone id it please.

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/98252839.jpg

Commander
07-Jun-2008, 09:32 PM
:bsmile: Another one for the collection... :cheers:

Silverstreak
07-Jun-2008, 09:33 PM
LC ,

Welcome to the Blur Blur Club!!:bsmile:

It is call the "The Barbarian" or Callidula sumatrensis The Callies (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8983/moths/callidul.html) or Tetragonus catamitus.

Others and me chased them before not just you !:bsmile:


see here:

http://b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5615&highlight=barbarian

http://b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3747&highlight=barbarian

Painted Jezebel
07-Jun-2008, 09:40 PM
Welcome to the Cally Club, we've all done it!:bsmile:

Glorious Begum
07-Jun-2008, 10:05 PM
Aiyo..luckily I just blur for 10 mins chasing them. Someone here had blur for months... :bsmile: Sorry... ! :bsmile: :bsmile:

hkmoths
08-Jun-2008, 12:16 PM
This is a good record of Tetragonus lycaenoides, not T. catamitus, nor Callidula sumatrensis (all Callidulidae).

In Holloway's Moths of Borneo, he states "no recently collected material has been seen. Older material is from lowland localities."

See http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/callidulidae/callidulidae_1_2.php for the full entry.

Caveman, please don't feel cheated - this is a far better record than most butterfly records from Singapore!

cheers,

Roger.

Silverstreak
08-Jun-2008, 12:47 PM
Roger ,

Thanks for positively identified it to be Tetragonus lycaenoides and the link!

Now we have 3 of these looks-alike recorded......4 more from the Callidulidae family to go .:)

Glorious Begum
08-Jun-2008, 01:19 PM
:bsmile: thanks for the ID. :cheers:


This is a good record of Tetragonus lycaenoides, not T. catamitus, nor Callidula sumatrensis (all Callidulidae).

In Holloway's Moths of Borneo, he states "no recently collected material has been seen. Older material is from lowland localities."

See http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/callidulidae/callidulidae_1_2.php for the full entry.

Caveman, please don't feel cheated - this is a far better record than most butterfly records from Singapore!

cheers,

Roger.