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Amegilla
22-Jul-2012, 10:07 PM
Hi Everyone!
I went to Sabah, Kinabatangan in May this year to help the local community with reforestation efforts.
Here are some of the butterflies I photographed during my free time. If possible, kindly help with the ID please. Thanks!
1) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/7621625682_5c0ee8185a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621625682/)
Sabah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621625682/) by ZestinSoh (http://www.flickr.com/people/80045868@N06/), on Flickr

2)http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7621623546_51db4cebc8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621623546/)
Sabah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621623546/) by ZestinSoh (http://www.flickr.com/people/80045868@N06/), on Flickr

3)http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7621623244_f68e7da001.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621623244/)
Sabah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621623244/) by ZestinSoh (http://www.flickr.com/people/80045868@N06/), on Flickr

4)http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7621622982_467d481ac6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621622982/)
Sabah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621622982/) by ZestinSoh (http://www.flickr.com/people/80045868@N06/), on Flickr
Silverstreak
22-Jul-2012, 10:25 PM
Welcome to the club of mistaken the first shot as a butterfly!!

#1 It is a moth call : The Barbarian!

#2 Erites elegans distincta

#3 Paralaxita telesia lyclene (The Common Red Harlequin)

#4 Looks like our Allotinus unicolor unicolor (Lesser Darkie)

:cheers:
Amegilla
22-Jul-2012, 10:31 PM
OH NO! D: Depressed.
Genus Callidula?
Amegilla
22-Jul-2012, 10:36 PM
Thanks Sunny! (:
Amegilla
22-Jul-2012, 10:39 PM
Here's one last species. Is it the same as the previous Riodinid?
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7621793634_a38cf87ae9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621793634/)
Borneo 20120519(5 of 12) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80045868@N06/7621793634/) by ZestinSoh (http://www.flickr.com/people/80045868@N06/), on Flickr
Silverstreak
22-Jul-2012, 10:47 PM
Same as previous , Paralaxita telesia lyclene (The Common Red Harlequin)

:cheers:
Amegilla
22-Jul-2012, 10:55 PM
Thanks!!