Who am I ??

[Silverstreak]

Accidental open wing shot !

Who am I ??:)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/Bin/Sunny-Chir---EOS-1D-Mark-III--24_08_2011--1077.jpg

:cheers:

[Great Mormon]

Semenga?

[Yamfly]

Don't tell me its the Banded Royal you shot recently.

[Commander]

Don't tell me its the Banded Royal you shot recently.

The upperside of the male Banded Royal is even more spectacular with its iridescent blue colour. The female is, like many other Lycaenids, brown and drab. The species that Sunny shot above has almost similar upperside colours in both sexes. :)

[benetay]

Yea Looks like it. Now I understand the meaning deep inside.

[Banded Yeoman]

Oh it has to be a semanga. :grin2:

[benetay]

Male?

[Commander]

That's something intriguing here. Pisuth's plates show both male and female having three distinct pairs of tails. Whereas C&P4 indicates that the male has tails at veins 2 & 3 only, whilst the female has an additional tail at vein 4.

Seow, can help shed some light on this?

[benetay]

That is interesting. Back to my favourite butt again. Sunny hope you don't mind me posting this.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii215/bendanbutt/Semangaopenwings.jpg

Cheers!

[Painted Jezebel]

That's something intriguing here. Pisuth's plates show both male and female having three distinct pairs of tails. Whereas C&P4 indicates that the male has tails at veins 2 & 3 only, whilst the female has an additional tail at vein 4.

Seow, can help shed some light on this?

Pisuth got it wrong. The males are females, and this was listed in the 19 page errata he has provided.

[Commander]

Pisuth got it wrong. The males are females, and this was listed in the 19 page errata he has provided.

Thanks, Les. Let's hope his long-delayed 2nd Edition would have sorted out all these errors.

[Psyche]

That is interesting. Back to my favourite butt again. Sunny hope you don't mind me posting this.

Cheers!

Wow! This is an exceptional shot. It looks like it is done in a studio.

TL Seow:cheers:

[Yamfly]

Ah so the female semangas have 3 pairs of tails whereas the male only 2 pairs and both have similar coloured upperside. Thanks for the info! :)

[benetay]

For reference:
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47/bendanbutt2/semangamale13jan09.jpg

[Silverstreak]

Cannot escape the eyes of Khew, and Benedict who has spent lots of time monitoring the species !

It is the Semanga superba deliciosa. The male has 2 pairs of tail whilst the female which is generally more colorful has an additional pair of tails at vein 4.

The specimen had missing tails , hence unable to differentiate from the shot whether it was a male or female.

Females are more often sighted than the male , it is very skittish and generally prefer the semi shaded areas in or adjacent to ripen Melastoma malabathricum . Best time for open wing shots is after a light drizzle and the sun comes through.

Male
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/Semanga-superba-deliciosa-Male-Sunny-Chir.jpg

Female

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/IMG_6248-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/IMG_6083-1.jpg

:cheers:

[benetay]

Had a peek of a pretty pristine specimen today with open wings for 1 sec before it decides to head up the canopy. Very skittish. I'm just wondering, if we have seen the female so many times, why can't once the female bring it's mate along down for a stroll so we can get a mating shot of this delicious. Let us complete the series and we will be very glad that happen!

Cheers!