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.
This cannot be trogon. I'm very certain this should be Arhopala corinda. The whitish area at the fw dorsum and the strongly contrasting basal dark scaling are diagnostic (in trogon the dark scales are not so apparent).
This specimen is slightly aberrant but still the spots forming the post-discal band on the forewing and spots 6 and 7 on the hindwing are distinctive because they are more rounded than in pretty much all examples of aurea and trogon. In particular, spots 6 and 7 on the hindwing are much larger and rounder than the one in space 5 (the shape difference is quite noticeable). In aurea and trogon there is no discernible shape difference between these spots and they are always very rectangular.
There are also subtle differences in wing shape that rule out aurea/trogon.
I'd be glad if someone with C&P4 at hand can verify this
Aaron Soh
I think you got it right here.
The markings are as for A. corinda.
My main concern is that the marginal spot in space 2 is large & rounded much as in A. trogon, whereas in A. corinda it tends to be somewhat flattened.
TL Seow: Cheers.