Maliau Basin - Butterfly

[Glorious Begum]

Coming soon ......

[Bluebottle]

"Akan Datang" (coming soon) must also come with trailer lah....

[Silverstreak]

Welcome back from the Lost world of Maliau Basin !

[orionmystery]

Fuiyoh...i can't wait! Post one teaser first mah :D

[bluefin]

Let's start with two first ........



Sinthusa privata




Moduza procris (The Commander)

[bluefin]

Here's 2 pics of the Silverlys.



Ancema blanka (Silver Royal )

[Archduke]

beautiful silver royal!

[moloch]

I always like habitat shots so here are a few of the Maliau Basin and the areas where we hunted butterflies.

Maliau Basin from a distance. The high northern rim is visible in the background. We stayed just below the souther rim in the center of the photo.



The early mornings were often misty like this.



This tree near the dining room was a good one for hornbills in the morning. A Ficus was fruiting nearby and Black and Rhino Hornbills flew back and forth to feed on these. We also saw Helmeted Hornbills visit the tree once, Wreathed Hornbill fly by and heard/saw Bushy-crested Hornbills within the forest.



Maliau River



This spot was a good one for butterflies especially when Nelson and Lc put out their special bait. A number of exciting species turned up here.



Selectively logged forest near the observation tower. The tower was only 3 km from camp. I birded here one evening and the following morning. Birds recorded included several species of Hornbills, Broadbills, Trogons, Garnet Pitta, many Barbets and others.





The facilities were great. The deck near the dining hall produced a number of interesting inverts at night. Lights were on until eleven and these brought in all sorts of things, especially on the first couple of nights when it rained.

[Elbowed Pierrot]

the accommodation looks great.. hope you guys had a blast.
less talk, more pic

[Commander]

Such places in Malaysia would definitely keep the butt shooters very busy!

As for the species, please drop the subspecies name, cos the East Malaysian subspecies are somewhat different from West Malaysia. So e.g. for Commander, just leave it at Moduza procris. It may be called something else other than ssp milonia over there.