2 hours at Huay Too National Park - Krabi TH

[Angiud]

The Little Banded Yeoman - Paduca fasciata fasciata


The Little Banded Yeoman - Underside - Paduca fasciata fasciata


The Knight - Lebadea martha malayana


The Chestnut Rajah - Charaxes durnfordi merguia

[Angiud]

The Peninsular Darkie - Allotinus sarrastes

The Straight Pierrot - Caleta roxus pothus


The Common Hedge Blue - Acytolepis puspa lambi


The Common Cerulean deposing - Jamides celeno celeno


The Large Metalic Oakblue - Arhopala aedias agnis


The Fluffy Tit - Hypolycaena amasa maximinianus

[Painted Jezebel]

Congratulations on the Charaxes durnfordi. A magnificent find . A different subspecies to what LC and I found in Taman Negara, though what the differences are, I don't know!

Also, you got your Straight Pierrot at last.

The Arhopala is, I am pretty certain, Arhopala aedis agnis. I found it there last time.

[Psyche]

Post 22

Just realised the 'Blue Count' is actually C. godartii male.
Inner blue margins quite straight; forewing apices hardly falcate; hindwing blue band narrower than flora.

Post 31.

This form of L. martha with rich chestnut & defined whites is L. martha martha.

Charaxes dunfordi is magnificent.

Post 32.

Allotinus sarrastes.
Hindwing postdiscal spot 6 aligned with spots 2 - 5, & away from spot 7.
Forewing postdiscal spots broken in the middle; lowest at dorsum nearer termen than the uppermost one at costa.
Submarginal spots black & white.

Arhopala aedias is correct.

TL Seow

[Angiud]

Thank you, Seow and Les.

Yes the Charaxes dunfordi is magnificent and it worth the 2 'weak' days.

[Silverstreak]

Well taken shots !!

[Bluebottle]

Nice
Like the Chestnut rajah

[Painted Jezebel]

Post 31.

This form of L. martha with rich chestnut & defined whites is L. martha martha.

This identification raises a number of questions. As they are of a scientific nature, not photographic, I will post them elsewhere, as and when I can phrase my questions correctly!

[MinuteMaid]

The chestnut rajah looks like a piece of steel. Lovely lovely color.

[Psyche]

This identification raises a number of questions. As they are of a scientific nature, not photographic, I will post them elsewhere, as and when I can phrase my questions correctly!

Page 180 in C&P4 states the nominate ssp. martha is found in Langkawi with a hybrid zone in the northern states of Perlis & Kedah on the Mainland. This will of course extends into Thailand.

The type of martha & thus ssp martha was from Pulau Salang (Phuket) in 1779.
The description of martha is given on page 180.

The Malayan ssp. malayana is rather dull.
This one is from Singapore, but Malayan examples are similar.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/...8706d825e8.jpg

TL Seow

PS. There is a large area of intermediates in peninsular Thailand.
L. martha martha from Laos.
Male.
http://www.neutron.phys.ethz.ch/Lepi...e/IMG_1649.JPG
Female.
http://www.neutron.phys.ethz.ch/Lepi...e/IMG_1647.JPG

Male from the type location, Phuket.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11426346
Male from Langkawi.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en...,r:6,s:0,i:106

L. martha malayana from KPN.
http://www.neutron.phys.ethz.ch/Lepi...e/IMG_7075.JPG

Island forms are less likely to be affected by 'contamination' as on the mainland.
Phuket & Langkawi have ssp. martha.
KPN & Samui retains largely the Sundanian form malayana.
I noticed Samui's form have more orange than that of KPN but would probably still be considered malayana.
Samui, being nearer to the mainland would receive more migrant martha forms.

However, Yutaka considered taxon samuina from Samui as a synonym of martha.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim2/720740001.html