In the last month I visited three times Krung Ching waterfall and some surrounding zone, for pleasure and to guide two groups of foreign photographers.
Of course I got several interesting butterflies:
Curetis sp. ♀ - Not sure about the correct ID, no underside available
1. Probably Curetis santana.
It is not the female of C. saronis, tagalica, or bulis, so my guess it is the female of santana.
2. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi.
The two with long tails are very difficult to separate at rest as the black 'tongue' in space 1a is totally hidden
In C. subcaudatus the HW margin is prominently angled at vein 4, the colour tends to reflect more blue.
In C. stigmatus the HW margin is more gently curved at vein 4 & the colour is more bronzy green.
The two features can be readily seen in C&P4 Plate 52, image 30 for stigmatus & 32 for subcaudatus.
(Note the set specimens are all taken together, so the colour difference could not be wrong.)
The picture is complicated by the Indian website.
Note; India 2 spp. Z. ogygia & satwa ,both in the east-Assam to S.E. Asia.
The website seem to show ?3 species under Z. ogygia.
In particular examples from Goa & Kerala which are out of the range of Zographetus satwa & ogygia according to the Checklist & in Funet. HW patchy colour; black cellspot tiny or obsolete. http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/...aphetus-ogygia
TL Seow:Cheers.
Last edited by Psyche; 20-Jun-2015 at 06:16 PM.
Reason: add. image
A long stay at Krung Ching Waterfall
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