Butterfly photos from Fraser's Hill, July 2011

[Glorious Begum]

Wow, so many species. Great shots too.

No Four-bar and Zebra ?

[moloch]

Wow, so many species. Great shots too.

Thanks, LC.

No Four-bar and Zebra ?

I will move on to those before too long. Actually, I had bad luck with them and only encountered one each.

[Banded Yeoman]

Your shots are wonderflul.

[bluefin]

Tat's a bountiful of great shots David.

[oksoks]

Wow, that's a lot of of butterflies species. This makes me want to go to FH. Thanks for sharing David .

[moloch]

Your shots are wonderflul.

Tat's a bountiful of great shots David.

Wow, that's a lot of of butterflies species. This makes me want to go to FH. Thanks for sharing David .

Thanks, guys.

Nymphalids are next.

[moloch]

Is this Athyma nefte or A. cama? When I looked through C&P4, it seems to me to more closely match Athyma cama. C&P4 indicates that the subapical spot on the forewing is orange and not white unlike the similar A. nefte. However, shots of A. nefte on the Butterfly Circle Checklist show butterflies with an orange subapical spot.

A. cama (thanks, Seow)




Athyma selenophora: I only saw this species once near Jeriau Falls.




Athyma pravara




Wizzard (Rhinopalpa polynice): seen at Jeriau and the first falls below the Gap.




Castor (Ariadne merione) (thanks, Seow): several seen at first falls below the Gap.



Constable (Dichorragia nesimachus). The following species is one that I really wanted to see. It looks so similar to some of the Hamadryas that live in the neotropics. I found two of these colourful butterflies. One was near the falls 4 kms from the Gap and the other was along the creek 8 kms from the Gap. Neither appeared until I poured out the shrimp paste bait. Once it began puddling, it was easy to approach. Its flight was fast and it quickly disappeared from view when it had enough of the flashing camera.

[Psyche]

The Athyma species are correct.( 1st one A. cama)
The Castor is A. merione;( highly zigzag discal band & white spot.)

The Constable is gorgeous, I remember in real life it is rather dark.

TL Seow

[Glorious Begum]

Beautiful shot of Constable.

[Great Mormon]

David, thats a gorgeous shot of the Constable. I hope I can get a shot as good as yours when I visit fraser's Hill.