Taiwan Butterflies 20-28 Nov 2011

[Blue Jay]

Here are a few of my butterfly shots from Taiwan, shot at various locations.

From Taroko Gorge, Nantou Province, Eastern Taiwan
Common Mapwing(Cyrestis thyodamas formosana)

Great Mormon(1st shot of it!)


From Qingjing, Nantou Province(moutainous area in Eastern taiwan)Altitude of Qingjing:about 1400-2000m above sea level
Painted Lady



Flying off after feeding


Next few shots in the next post!

[Blue Jay]

From Qingjing
Blue Admiral(Kaniska canace)



Indian Fritillary(Argynnis hyperbius)



Neptis hylas lulculenta

Help!


From Sun Moon Lake, Nantou Province, Central Taiwan Altitude:700+m above sea level
Chestnut Tiger


Still a few more shots...in the next post!

[Blue Jay]

From Sun Moon Lake
Dark Spotted Grass Blue(Zizeeria karsandra)



Yellow Orange Tip(Ixias pyrene)(flew like a Eurema)

Help!


From Yangmingshan, Taipei City
Psyche

Dark Caerulean


That's all!

[Painted Jezebel]

You seem to have had a good and fruitful time there. It was a delight to see the Painted Lady again, I have only seen it once since I left England.

With regards to your unknown Satyrine, it looks like a Lethe species. It is close to L. dura, but you will need to find out what Lethe species are found there.

The Mottled Emigrant appears to be an Ixias species, you can see that the forewing upperside is orange, and the hindwing markings are consistent with at least some members of that Genus. Again, I do not know which species are found there.