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Yamfly
17-May-2011, 07:16 PM
Some record shots taken from USR. Sorry have to trouble the experts here to help ID my Arhopala shots if possible. :)

Pratapa deva relata (White Royal)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterfly-Sightings/i-WM7Vxjp/0/L/DPP1229-L.jpg

Lexias pardalis dirteana (Archduke)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterfly-Sightings/i-xjMpjVf/0/L/DPP1228-L.jpg

1. Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli?
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterfly-Sightings/i-wHxKdDw/0/L/DPP1230-L.jpghttp://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterfly-Sightings/i-9x6G8TQ/0/L/DPP1231-L.jpg

2. Arhopala amphimuta amphimuta?
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterfly-Sightings/i-DfZnBnT/0/L/DPP1226-L.jpg

3. Same as 2?
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterfly-Sightings/i-VWNvrQm/0/L/DPP1227-L.jpg

Both 2 & 3 have purple upperside.

Thanks for viewing.
Banded Yeoman
17-May-2011, 08:19 PM
Nice shots!

Yes, 1st arhopala is the green oakblue .:)
Commander
17-May-2011, 08:42 PM
Ah... the Green Oakblue is back. There was a colony of them at the forested patch before the trail going into the White Royal grounds.
Yamfly
17-May-2011, 11:03 PM
Nice shots!

Yes, 1st arhopala is the green oakblue .:)

Thanks for the confirmation Jonathan. :)


Ah... the Green Oakblue is back. There was a colony of them at the forested patch before the trail going into the White Royal grounds.

Its exactly where I shot it. I only saw one though...
Archduke
17-May-2011, 11:45 PM
Ah the green oakblue is back!
scenar
17-May-2011, 11:46 PM
Improved shot on White Royal, nice!!
Yamfly
18-May-2011, 11:03 PM
Ah the green oakblue is back!

Looks like that's their dwelling area. I recalled shooting a female Green Oakblue there once.


Improved shot on White Royal, nice!!

Thanks! Hopefully a more pristine & sharper shot next time.
Silverstreak
18-May-2011, 11:30 PM
The Green Oakblue are always there , except with the numbers varying with the time of the year.

There is a patch with plenty of their host plant. Go read the life-cycle and learn how to identify the host plant, that will make it easier to track it down.

There are another two locations at Bukit Timah Nature Reserves , where it was first sighted and from which the life cycle was recorded by Horace.


Cheers!
Yamfly
19-May-2011, 09:39 PM
The Green Oakblue are always there , except with the numbers varying with the time of the year.

There is a patch with plenty of their host plant. Go read the life-cycle and learn how to identify the host plant, that will make it easier to track it down.

There are another two locations at Bukit Timah Nature Reserves , where it was first sighted and from which the life cycle was recorded by Horace.


Cheers!

Thanks Sunny, I'll take a look at the patch where I shot it and see if it matches the 2 hostplant photos in the blog.