I last shot this species in 2009 along MNT, and have failed to encounter it again at the same location ever since. Today, I was pleasantly surprised when I ran into one in another part of the nature reserve, miles away from MNT.
I last shot this species in 2009 along MNT, and have failed to encounter it again at the same location ever since. Today, I was pleasantly surprised when I ran into one in another part of the nature reserve, miles away from MNT.
Horace
Hi,
I believe I also saw one today. DSC04708.JPG. Am I right?
Cheers,
Yik
Oh. The forewing band looks very different from yours. Spots are very small.
Does anyone else have an opinion on the ID of this aberrant looking trogon?
thanks for advice,
yik
Yik's shot does not seem to have the purple wash that A. trogon normally has.
Oops here. It is A. trogon.
I have actually thought it was A. trogon much earlier when comparing the spots but got sidetracked with the purple wash feature later.
You raised a very pertinent point here.
Note without the flash the underside is quite purplebrown.
An important clue to the ID of A. trogon is that the two black spots in space 1a(tornal angle) & space 2 are quite large.
In A. aurea they are somewhat flattened.
The male A. aurea is also slightly purple-shaded, but without the strong glaze very apparent with flash in trogon.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...dict%20Tay.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.org/lycae...la-aurea-3.jpg
http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/200H...ei-d2yjr1q.jpg
Apart from the more prominent black spots the markings of A. trogon tend to be broader.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...20-%20Khew.jpg
TL Seow
Thanks Dr Seow. Now that you mentioned it, the relative prominence of the black spots suddenly becomes quite obvious!
Yik