August 2012 Fraser's Hill

[Bluebottle]

Thanks Khew and Shirley for organizing the trip, Irene for preparing our delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner which gave us enough energy for hunting butterfly out in the field, Patrick, Sunny and Chng for the great company and Chng for the transport. It has been a fun and eventful trip, from saman (my bad ), long jam at the checkpoint, black out and star gazing at the resort, and learn a few tips on eating steak .

We headed north to Ipoh first on 8th August and made a pit stop at Gua Tempurung. It was a pleasant surprise seeing Cher Hern and Teo at Gua Tempurong though we knew about their trip. Unfortunately all of us were too engrossed in chasing butterfly and forgot to take a group photo. Soon we parted our ways. After that we continued our journey to Ipoh. Dinner was at the famous Lou-Wong bean-sprout chicken. Breakfast on 9th Aug was the delicious dim-sum at Ming-Kok before we headed south to Fraser's Hill.

Ok, some photos first. Guys,feel free to post your photos in any sequence, I am just being long-winded.

. Ipoh bean sprout
. Lou-Wong bean sprout chicken
. French hotel where we stayed

[Bluebottle]

Some photos from Gua Tempurong.

L1. Libythea-myrrha-hecura (Club Beak)
L2. Libythea-myrrha-hecura (Club Beak)
L3. Appias indra plana
L4. Phalanta alcippe alcesta (Small Leopard)
L5. You should be able to tell who is the owner of the lens. What is he shooting?
TBC...

[Commander]

Here are some shots of the puddlers...

#1 : Club Beak
#2 : Tawny Rajah
#3 : ???

Seow, what Lethe sp is the last one? I can't seem to nail an ID on it from C&P4.

[Commander]

A pristine Orange Albatross, and the two well-hunted Dragontails, the White and Green (not blue!) Dragontails!

[Leopard Lacewing]

Nice shots from Loke and Khew... Looking forward to see more pics

Cheers!

[MinuteMaid]

very beautiful pictures, i like the small leopard most!

[Psyche]

Here are some shots of the puddlers...


#3 : ???

Seow, what Lethe sp is the last one? I can't seem to nail an ID on it from C&P4.

The Lethe spp. are really tough. I initially thought it was Coelites euptychioides. Thankfully I checked it out first.

It is Lethe minerva male.

Post 10, L9.
Euploea mulciber male.

Post 12.
c. Curetis sperthis sperthis male. Black dots (faint) ; upperisde like santana; underside forewing band parallel to termen.
d. Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus.

TL Seow

[WillFolsom]

All: What a great, fun adventure! Just sorry I could not be there! So many terrific images! william

[Commander]

i like the shot of sunny with a cigarette and camera in his hands.

It's called the "smoking gun" shooting pose.

The Lethe spp. are really tough. I initially thought it was Coelites euptychioides. Thankfully I checked it out first.

It is Lethe minerva male.

Thanks, Seow. That was helpful. I'd earlier eliminated the two Coelites after checking my own specimens. That left me with the Lethe but the pictures in C&P4 doesn't show the undersides.