Bubble Tea Land Again

[bluefin]

Recently I was back to Taiwan with Ellen for a one week break and this time round I make it a point to
allocate more time to search for the flying jewels of Taiwan. After doing a thorough search through the net
to source for shooting location and through various correspondence with Flickr and Facebook friends from
Taiwan, I managed to gather enough information on the popular sites for butterfly sighting.

Although Nov is not the prime time to visit the country for Butterflies as the weather is starting to turn cold
in central and northern parts of Taiwan, which we will be going, we continue to go ahead to take advantage of
airfare promotion as well as to suit our schedule.

Let’s start off with a few foody pictures.


A quick fire snack of wild boar meat with the right mix of fats and meat.





A local variety of miniature chicken grille to perfection.





Chicken wing stuffed with rice and fried to crispy golden brown.





Wild Boar with garlic vineger dip





Colourful array of milk tea found in their 7-11 stores

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[bluefin]

On with the Butt
Do feel free to chip in on the ID and correct it if it is wrong.



1 Spindasis lohita formosana







2 Discophora-sondaica-tulliana





3 Athyma-selenophora-laela





4 Jamides celeno





5 Acytolepsis puspa myla

[bluefin]

6 Tirumala septentrionis





7 Daimio tethys niitakana





8 Notocrypta curvifascia





9 Tagiades cohaerens





10 Hasora-chromus





11 Ixias pyrene insignis







12 Jamides bochus formosanus

[Bluebottle]

The food looks delicious and should go with a Semanga
Nice series and still quite a lot of butterflies despite approaching winter.
Ixias pyrene insignis is beautiful

[The Plane]

Nelson, great photos from you as usual. .

[bluefin]

Thanks Loke, Chng.


Let's continue,


13 Chitoria chrysolora





14 Danaus genutia





15 Papilio hermosanus







16 Deudorix epijarbas menesicles





17 Rapala varuna formosana





18 Badamia exclamationis

[moloch]

Fantastic, Nelson. Great to see these photos from Taiwan. I really liked the two Ixias shots, a lovely pierid. The Papilio hermosanus was also very nice. The colour of the Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus seemed really different to the congeners in Malaysia.

Wow, Sephisa is a gorgeous genus. I don't remember seeing pics of those before. Loved the Timelaea as well.

Your shots, as usual, were superb.

Regards,
David

[Painted Jezebel]

I agree with all comments. Superb pictures of fascinating butts and locations.

I was not expecting so much from you from this trip owing to the time of year. Wrong!!!! . My geography was dramatically off, I had thought Taiwan was much further north, but I see part of the island is still within the tropics. It looks as if it can provide interest all year round.

[bluefin]

I agree with all comments. Superb pictures of fascinating butts and locations.

I was not expecting so much from you from this trip owing to the time of year. Wrong!!!! . My geography was dramatically off, I had thought Taiwan was much further north, but I see part of the island is still within the tropics. It looks as if it can provide interest all year round.

Thanks Les, from what I have gather, the southern part of Taiwan is warm for most part of the year and you could find butterflies all year round in the south. The North can be quite cold during year end and there will not be as much activities. The central part of taiwan used to be a butterfly heaven where butterflies amass in numbers due to its geographical landscape but in recent times, the population has also dwindled. According to the locals, the central part of Taiwan is still a prime place for butterflies.

[Peacock Royal]

Wow, beautiful butterflies and a fantastic collecion.