Lycaenidae species collection

[Commander]

Hmm... Federick's shot is another UFO. Quite different and most likely a tailless species.

[Commander]

There's an article in CP's Taiwanese link. Would make some interesting reading if we knew what the article was about... Maybe our specimen here is also the Philippine subspecies instead of the Malaysian one?


Lu CC and Hsu YF. 2002. Catopyrops ancyra almora, a lycaenid butterfly new to Taiwan: a case of biological invasion from the Philippines. BioFormosa 37:25-30.

[Cruiser]

Sky Blue] btw what is Fleming ?

It's a butt bk, see here: http://www.nss.org.sg/butterflysingapore/home/books.htm

[Common Rose]

btw what is Fleming ?

A thinner book, but more X than C&P4.

[Commander]

A thinner book, but more X than C&P4.

I have both editions. The first edition comes in two volumes whilst the 2nd edition is combined into one single book. The one in the link is the 2nd edition. The printing and colour for the 1st edition is, however much better.

Up for loan if any of you interested.

[Common Rose]

There are two copies in TPY library, but one has some missing pages.

[Commander]

Here's how Fleming's "Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore" 1st Editions Vol I and II look like.

[Rustic]

well done CP! I'd say it's very similar, even the color of the eyes. Hope this will give our master khew some clue

lucky shots. was tired after lunch, so wondering if we are looking at Nacaduba. then after a long list from the Australian website, found this Taiwanese website. And, it look pretty similar (but not 100%).

Previously, I was comparing against Nacaduba biocellata from Australia. My gut feeling is that we might be looking at yet another invading species given the new plants introduced on the island. :P

[Rustic]

Hmm... Federick's shot is another UFO. Quite different and most likely a tailless species.

Frederick' resemble the Australian Nacaduba biocellata (C. & R. Felder, 1865). Common-name: Double Spotted Line Blue

http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/la...a/biocell.html

[Rustic]

Here's how Fleming's "Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore" 1st Editions Vol I and II look like.

oops. so there are 2 volumes? 120SGD is for both or just one volume?
think Sherry is already back from Penang. ... *finger-crossed*