Kaeng Krachan National Park 2nd part

[Psyche]

Post 59.

Wanderer is the 'Common' Wanderer , Pereronia anais anais, Note subapical blue spots.

Skipper is Thoressa masoni. Note spot arrangement & black abdominal end.

TL Seow

[butterfly_effect]

Dear Seow, Les and everyone,

Thanks for the identification and kind comments. More mind bogglers....


unid tiger5 by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr


unid skippy by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr


unid lascar by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr


unid blue by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr
A forget-me-not?


Charaxes marmax marmax (Yellow Rajah) by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr


Charaxes bernadus crepax (Common Tawny Rajah) by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr

[Psyche]

Post 62.

1. Graphium mecareus burmensis.
Yutaka's actually illustrate ssp. indochinensis from KK, so both subspecies appeared to be present there.

2. Caltoris species ? confusa.
Upper cell spot small (ie 2 cellspots); subapical spots small; dark brown underside without purple or red tint.
Called Dark Swift perhaps a confusion with C. cahira which is also known as Dark Swift (or Colon Swift.)
Unfortunately, Boldsystem shows C. confusa without any cell spot.

3. Neptis miah nolana. Note large rectangular postdiscal spot.

4. Catochrysops panormus exiguus.

5 & 6. Both appeared to C. bernardus. The same confusing 2 forms occur on Fraser's Hill.

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

Nice Neptis miah nolana, mine has a large part of the forwing apex missing!

I had thought I had finished, but I realise that there is one last one where I am not positive about the id.

I THINK this is Euthalia eriphylae chula (female), but the single white apical spot concerns me, I can not find any picture of this ssp. with that spot.

[Psyche]

I think it is an aberrant form of the female of Tanaecia julii odilina.

The hindwing postdiscal 'band' is composed of lunulate lines, whereas in the females of E. eriphylae & aconthea they are diffuse spots.
This is characteristic of Tanaecia.

The forewing potdiscal spots in spaces 1b, 2, & 3 are lightly whitened & they are placed inwards (at an acute angle) from the spots above.
In E. eriphylae these spots are placed further out at a wide angle (somewhat in a slant) from the above spots.

The extra subapical white spot is a breakdown of the normally large spot in space 6.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim2/720910010.html

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

Points noted, thank you. T. julii males were very commonly seen there.

As this will be my last post on this thread, may I say how much I enjoyed meeting up with Ellen, Nelson, LC and Antonio, again. It was also a great pleasure to meet Yano one day, who kindly provided us with the location of an additional forest path to explore.

[butterfly_effect]

Thank you for the identification. Really did not imagine both to be C. bernardus. They look very different.

I also enjoyed the trip a lot. Loved the company especially. Many a joke was shared at the dinner table.

I have to get down to writing an entry for it. But so much to write about. Don't know where to start!

See you all this Friday....

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The blog article is up... but it's definitely not as informative as I would have liked it to be

http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.word...terfly-hordes/