Butterflies @ Chiang Dao and Doi Chiang Dao Oct 2014

[Silverstreak]

The Popinjay ( Stibochiona nicea subucula )





The Gray Baron ( Euthalia anosia anosia )





Burmese Batwing (Atrophaneura Varuna zaleucus)










The Blue Admiral ( (Kaniska canace canace )

[Painted Jezebel]

Post 15.

It looks like you found a new ssp. of Discophora aestheta.
There are faint spots on the HW
You should try matching the underside.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/ama/50450001.html

TL Seow:Cheers.
PS. Congrats on a new species find.

Thank you. Interesting, I will be in contact!

[Peacock Royal]

CD37 : Ypthima savara savara ?


CD38 : Ampittia dioscorides camertes


CD39 : Appias indra (Plain Puffin)


CD40 : Hypolycaena kina kina (Blue Tit)


CD41 : Which Neptis

[Psyche]

Post 23.

37. Y. savara shold be right. HW with 2 straight lines .

38. Ampittia maroides. See Les' LD6.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/showt...g-Mai-Thailand

41. Neptis yerburii pandoces. as N. capnodes pandoces in Yutaka.
Very similar to N. soma shania, but FW cell-bar more abrupt taper, submarginals triangular; postdiscal spot 1a at dorsum very large.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jroldenettel/8624573773/
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html

In funet someone has elevated many subspecies eg kamarupa, shania, pandoces , etc to full species.
(Correction: Faulty page display at funet has blocked the left side causing this observational error.)

TL Seow :Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow.

42. Melanitis phedima ganapati (The Dark Evening Brown)


43. Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas (The Common Map)


44. Lethe confusa confusa (The Banded Treebrown)


45. Libythea myrrha sanguinalis (Club Beak)


46. Prosotas nora ardates (The Common Line Blue)


47. Ionolyce helicon merguiana


48. ??


49. Ypthima confusa ??

[Psyche]

48. Pithauria marsena.
White palpi ; orange-tipped antennae. White spots variable.

49. Ypthima confusa is right.
FW without banding; ochreous brown shaded; spot 2 larger than tornal spot.
A closely similar spp in Laos & Myanmar Y. sarcaposa has UN grey & lower spots equal.

TL Seow :Cheers.

[Angiud]

The Orange Oakleaf - Kallima inachus siamensis


The Indian Purple Emperor - Mimathyma ambica miranda


The Light Straw Ace - Pithauria stramineipennis stramineipennis


The Spotted Sailor - Neptis magadha magadha


The Comon Lascar - Pantoporia hordonia hordonia

[Peacock Royal]

Antonio , your shots

[Angiud]

Thanks Federick!


The Hill Jezebel - Delias belladonna hedybia


The Rounded Maplet - Chersonesia peraka peraka


Eurema & c. puddling


The Clipper - Parthenos sylvia apicalis


Intruder with an Indian Purple Emperor (Mimathyma ambica miranda)


Poritia sp. 1


Poritia sp. 2


The Banded Lineblue - Prosotas lutea sivoka

[Psyche]

Post 29.

Chersonesia intermedia.

Female Poritia hewitsoni.

THe underside of Poritia erycinoides & hewitsoni are confusingly similar & images are much mixed up on the web.
A white band is not diagnostic of hewitsoni.
There is a tendency of hewitsoni to have the ground colour a little brownish, but this is variable.

The only constant difference seen is that the postdiscal spots in hewitsoni are all chevrons (fat arrowheads).
In P. erycinoides these chevrons are flattened in the lower half of the HW.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc1/80060010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc1/80030010.html

(A third species P. manilia has the markings almost as white as the ground & should be this.)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bwR-4hVDtq...+phraatica.jpg

The 2nd pic has a dark subapical patch on both wings & appeared to match P. karennia .
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc1/80080001.html

TL Seow