Butterfly Sightings in Hong Kong 2016

[Peacock Royal]

Here are some shots to begin with.

1. Which Mycalesis ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4357_zpsnwmgmeeh.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4357_zpsnwmgmeeh.jpg.html)

2. Notocrypta curvifascia
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4516-Notocrypta-curvifascia_zpskv3umzmy.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4516-Notocrypta-curvifascia_zpskv3umzmy.jpg.html)

3. Symbrenthia lilaea
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4427-Symbrenthia-lilaea_zpsh2u59l7f.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4427-Symbrenthia-lilaea_zpsh2u59l7f.jpg.html)

4. Choaspes benjaminii - need confirmation !
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4512-Choaspes-benjaminii_zpsfgspxswo.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_4512-Choaspes-benjaminii_zpsfgspxswo.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

1. Mycalesis zonata It has more angualr wings.

4. It seem impossible to seperate C. benjaminii & furcatus/hemixanthus apart from the underside.

TL Seow : Cheers.

[Commander]

Glad to see you back in action, Fed! :cheers:

[Peacock Royal]

Glad to see you back in action, Fed! :cheers:

Yes, as far as possible I am still in action in HK but the weather has not been kind or favorable for us to shoot.
Anyway, I still prefer to post in the forum - so much easier for us to track, compare and learn from each other.
For me, I learnt from the BC Forum but not from shots posted in FB!
Let's keep BC forum alive - for us and for the next generations of butterfly photographers and enthusiasts.

[Commander]

Anyway, I still prefer to post in the forum - so much easier for us to track, compare and learn from each other.
For me, I learnt from the BC Forum but not from shots posted in FB!
Let's keep BC forum alive - for us and for the next generations of butterfly photographers and enthusiasts.

Well said, Fed. :cheers:

[Angiud]

.
Anyway, I still prefer to post in the forum - so much easier for us to track, compare and learn from each other.
For me, I learnt from the BC Forum but not from shots posted in FB!
Let's keep BC forum alive - for us and for the next generations of butterfly photographers and enthusiasts.

Me too Federick!

[Peacock Royal]

These were taken last weekend at Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve at Tai Po again.
No chance to shoot this week as the weather today and yesterday were cold and cloudy.

5. Which Pieris ? HK has two species, P. rapae and P. canidia.
6. Parantica aglea
7. Melanitis phedima
8a. Zemeros flegyas . A long distance shot - Interesting to see the aberration on one side of the wings only.
8b. Zemeros flegyas

[Psyche]

Post 7 no 1.

Pieris canidia.
The FW black border have the inner margin saw-toothed.

TL Seow:Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow
A few more shots taken today and yesterday.
9. Faunis eumeus
10 and 11: Papilio agestor
12. Suastus gremius
13. Parasarpa dudu

[Psyche]

Post 9 no. 4

Although Suastus minutus aditia is not recorded in HK, the whitish shading & ill-defined spots indicate it is this species.
This pair matches C&P4 plate 54/58 very well.

The degree of white shading & the size of the spots are very variable.
An example of S. minutus aditia Thailand.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZ5-OwTWPEs/Uc-f0q97wRI/AAAAAAAAK3E/oSi5HDke6jo/s660/HFH_5545-Suastus-minutus-aditia-(Small-Palm-Bob).jpg

Examples of S. gremius from HK.
http://static.inaturalist.org/photos/1756880/original.JPG?1429869436
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5308/5609432412_9bf9bd65a1.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow for highlighting the possible distinguishing differences between S. minutus and S. gremius
Here are two more shots (same individual) flitting around at the same location as the mating pair - it has a tendency to open its wings once it perched.

[Psyche]

These two species can be very confusing sometimes.

The markings are so variable that they seem to overlaps sometime.

Typically male gremius have 3 subapical spots & female two; cellspots variable in both sexes.
HW underside typically three prominent spots in space 1b, 2, & 3.
http://butterflycircle.blogspot.my/2014/08/life-history-of-palm-bob.html

S. minutus have 2 subapical spots or less.cellspots variable.
HW underside may be white shaded; 2 prominent spots in space 1b & 2, spot 3 being absent or vestigial.
http://wingscales.com/content/record/569-1-44077.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fwj5zoMMMFs/VeXBnJ2s16I/AAAAAAAAWF4/4qqegEmBjJE/s800-Ic42/3S7_7981.jpg
http://wingscales.com/content/record/570-1-8f2ec.jpg
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_images/linkbuttons/butterflies/hesperidae/suastusminutusaditia.jpg


So there is a strong suggestion this S. minutus aditia.
However, the spots have a pale ring & this is only seen in S. gremius.

It appears this is a localised colony of S. gremius with small & reduced spots.

TL Seow : Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow
14. Artipe eryx
15. Parathyma sulpitia
16. Astictopterus jama
17. Hyarotis adrastus

[Peacock Royal]

The weather in HK in the last few weekends were not good. Anyway, I still ventured out (caught in the passing rains a number of times) to some country parks. Here are some shots.

18. Parathyma sulpitia
19. Mycalesis zonata - to be comfirmed.
20. Mycalesis mineus(dsf) ?
21. Mycalesis mineus(dsf) or something else?
22. Melanitis phedima(dsf)
23. Neptis clinia - to be confirmed.
24. Euthalia lubentina
25. Pithecops corvus
26. Ypthima baldus(dsf)

[Psyche]

Post 14.

19 Mycalesis zonata is right ;M. mineus have the white band quite straight & wings less angular.
M.mineus Thailand.
http://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/gallery/satyrinae/Mycalesis-mineus.jpg

20. M zonata dsf.
https://tlankau.smugmug.com/Animals/Butterflies-and-Moths/Butterflies/i-HZrGkLL/1/M/IMG_8998-M.jpg
M. mineus dsf India.
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Mycalesis%20gotama%208626-001a.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Dark-brand_Bushbrown_(Mycalesis_mineus)-_dry_season_form_at_Narendrapur_W_IMG_4180.jpg

21. M. sangaica. wings rounded basal area with fine striations see.
wsf & dsf. Taiwan
http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/uploads_moved/20091004_347156_Mycalesis%20sangaica%20mara_a.jpg
http://eoldata.taibif.tw/files/eoldata/imagecache/data_object_image/images/252/n54-2-2.jpg

23. Neptis nata. N. clinia has a small white triangle at the base of space 3 as part of the white HW band.

TL Seow : Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow
24. Mahathala ameria
25. Odontoptilum-angulatum
26. Cepora nerissa
27. Zographetus satwa.
28. Mycalesis zonata(intermediate-form)?
29 and 30 : Neptis sp
31. Neopithecops zalmora

[Psyche]

28 Mycalesis zonata probably as dsf variant.
Ided by more angular wings & HW upper 3 spots in a straight line.
wsf.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/420/18438159739_dae9d6a101.jpg

29,30. Neptis clinia.
Typically with cellend triangular spot long & narrow.
HW white band lower margin with a triangular spot which is the base of space 3, readily seen in underside view,
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720120010.html

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow
Yet another stormy Saturday morning.

31 and 32 : I guess it may be the Telicota ancilla ??

31.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_6801%20Telicota%20ancila%20TBC_zps7dqwsu3b.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_6801%20Telicota%20ancila%20TBC_zps7dqwsu3b.jpg .html)

32.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6802%20Telicota%20ancilla%20TBC_zpswqtr7wdj.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6802%20Telicota%20ancilla%20TBC_zpswqtr7wdj.jpg .html)

33. Parnara sp ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6660-Parnara%20sp%20TBC_zpst70wlbpy.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6660-Parnara%20sp%20TBC_zpst70wlbpy.jpg.html)

34. Potanthus confucius
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6726-Potanthus%20confucius%20TVC_zpsqhiobxbt.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6726-Potanthus%20confucius%20TVC_zpsqhiobxbt.jpg.html)

35. Another Potanthus confucius at a different location
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7247-Pothanthus%20confucius%20TBC_zpsprpegddt.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7247-Pothanthus%20confucius%20TBC_zpsprpegddt.jpg.html)


36. Erionata torus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6694%20Erionata%20torus_zps6kxeiomn.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH6694%20Erionata%20torus_zps6kxeiomn.jpg.html)

37. Caprona alida
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7223-Caprona-alida-Spotted-Angle-_zpsk0kt6kcz.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7223-Caprona-alida-Spotted-Angle-_zpsk0kt6kcz.jpg.html)

38. Shot on a hill top - likely to be the Ypthima imitans ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7242%20Ypthima%20imitans%20TBC_zpsx20qnmuq.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7242%20Ypthima%20imitans%20TBC_zpsx20qnmuq.jpg. html)

[Psyche]

Post 18.

31, 32, & 34. Telicota bambusae horisha.
In the past T. ancilla encompass two discontinuous populations in continental Asia & Australia.
The Asian population are now separated as T. bambusae from the Australian T. ancilla.

SSp horisha in south China & Taiwan is particularly confusing. It has long veinstripes & a yellow patch at the base of space 2 and so closely resembles T. colon.

T. bambusae horisha. male brand is straight.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/321/19081961479_5cd5be729c_o.jpg
T. bambusa bambusae.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/TelicotaBambusae/01TelicotaBambusae_KSaji_ad012.jpg

T. colon :male brand is slightly curved & placed near the inner edgw of the black space.
N. Vietnam
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sWauvTp53ZQ/Vi6i06KJ3ZI/AAAAAAAAHIc/V-1xa3nKyM0/s1600/51.jpg

T. besta : spots without veinstripes & brand placed near inner edge as in T. colon.
HK.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/56/186503785_3ff94f8404_b.jpg

33. Parnara bada.
According to Chiba & Eliot , P. ganga lacks HW spot 6 so it can not be P. ganga.
It can not be P. guttata as the HW spots in guttata are very distinctive.

38. as Y. imitans.The very similar Y. watsoni does not occur in HK.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow

39a. Athyma nefte
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7840-Athyma-nefte_zpso6pvei7x.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7840-Athyma-nefte_zpso6pvei7x.jpg.html)

39b. Athyma nefte
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7860-Athyma-nefte-Female_zpstkjbaiip.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7860-Athyma-nefte-Female_zpstkjbaiip.jpg.html)

40a. Argyreus hyperbius
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7812-Argyreus-hyperbius-_zpsriq37fzd.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7812-Argyreus-hyperbius-_zpsriq37fzd.jpg.html)

40b. Argyreus hyperbius
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7823-Argyreus-hyperbius_zpsgfp4iv8y.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7823-Argyreus-hyperbius_zpsgfp4iv8y.jpg.html)

41. Chilades lajus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7702-Chilades-lajus_zps8np0ynrz.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7702-Chilades-lajus_zps8np0ynrz.jpg.html)

42.Iraota timoleon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7799%20Iraota%20timoleon_zpsvqpqabxk.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH7799%20Iraota%20timoleon_zpsvqpqabxk.jpg.html)

43. Ypthima lisandra ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7732-Ypthima-lisandra_zpsso6fmnn8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7732-Ypthima-lisandra_zpsso6fmnn8.jpg.html)

44. Euthalia niepelti ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7411-Euthalia-niepelti-_zpsqedxuuen.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_7411-Euthalia-niepelti-_zpsqedxuuen.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

43. Y. lisandra. HW lower 4 ocelli in line.

44. E. niepelti was formerly considered an aberration of E. godartii vacillaria of Borneo.
It belongs to the group including T. iapis. & is correctly now Tanaecia or Cynitia.
http://ecoregister.org/eco.pl?a=taxonPage&genus=Tanaecia&species=niepelti

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow

It was a very hot day (9 July) in HK. Some shots take along a coastal area at 企嶺下老圍 in the north-eastern part of New Territories.

45. Choaspes sp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8287-Choaspes-sp_zpsis0hkusx.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8287-Choaspes-sp_zpsis0hkusx.jpg.html)

46.Burara gomata
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8277-Burara%20gomata_zpsdribfoip.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8277-Burara%20gomata_zpsdribfoip.jpg.html)

47. Burara oedipodae
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8092%20Burara%20oedipodae_zps2d2oy9mk.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8092%20Burara%20oedipodae_zps2d2oy9mk.jpg.html )

48. Sinthusa chandrana
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8147-Sinthusa-chandrana_zpsjbuu9rg3.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8147-Sinthusa-chandrana_zpsjbuu9rg3.jpg.html)

49. Cephrenes acalle??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8191-Cephrenes%20acalle_zps84auwcu8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8191-Cephrenes%20acalle_zps84auwcu8.jpg.html)

50. Polytremis lubricans
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8179%20Polytremis%20lubricans_zpst4joqa7r.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8179%20Polytremis%20lubricans_zpst4joqa7r.jpg. html)

51.Tajuria cippus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8110-Tajuria-cippus_zpsvffhrrmi.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8110-Tajuria-cippus_zpsvffhrrmi.jpg.html)

52. Rapala manea
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8219-Rapala-manea_zpsic8qddvs.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8219-Rapala-manea_zpsic8qddvs.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

45, Choaspes benjaminii.

This & C. hemixanthus furcatus are confusingly similar & much mixed up on the web.

C. benjaminii ;Upperside bluer & basal halves greenish; Underside HW black bar(spot) in space 1b straight & parallel to inner margin.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90310010.html
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/ChoaspesBenjaminii/ChoaspesBenjaminii_MilindBhakare_am792.jpg
http://www.hkastroforum.net/files/_mg_6260_103.jpg

C. hemixanthus furcatus is considered a full species as C. furcatus by many.( ie separated from C. hemixanthus from the Papuan region.
Upperside basal 2/3 pearly green in both sexes. HW underside bar/spot in space 1b curved upwards (ie 'hooked').
http://old.hkls.org/images/Choaspes_hemixanthus_f.jpg
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/1a_7/av115.jpg
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogallery/plog-content/images/butterfliesbrnbspnbspnbsphesperiidae-the-skippers-br/subfamily-coeliadinae--brnbspnbspnbsp-genus-choaspes--awlkings-/10-awlking.jpg

49. Telicota bambusae. HW band veins not dark dusted.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow

Butterfly activities in the last three weeks were disappointing in HK - expected as summer has been over.

53. Athyma selenophora
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8133-Athyma%20selenophora_zpsrbnpvc9l.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8133-Athyma%20selenophora_zpsrbnpvc9l.jpg.html)

54(a) and (b) Athyma perius
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8797-Athyma-Perius_zpsonjzqud5.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8797-Athyma-Perius_zpsonjzqud5.jpg.html)
54(b)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8863-Athyma-perius_zpsrzkueikj.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8863-Athyma-perius_zpsrzkueikj.jpg.html)

55. Hypolimnas missipus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8827-Hypolimnas-misippus_zpslffjojhc.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8827-Hypolimnas-misippus_zpslffjojhc.jpg.html)

56. Neptis clinia (TBC) ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8725-Neptis%20clinia_zpsz9xmqcya.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_8725-Neptis%20clinia_zpsz9xmqcya.jpg.html)

57. Neptis hylas
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8036-Neptis-hylas_zpsbpyzdpg6.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8036-Neptis-hylas_zpsbpyzdpg6.jpg.html)

58. Charaxes bernardus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/HFH8360%20Charaxes%20bernardus_zpsvsdbzfat.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/HFH8360%20Charaxes%20bernardus_zpsvsdbzfat.jpg.htm l)

59. Zizeeria maha ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8607%20Zizeeria%20maha_zpspmg7dj1x.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH8607%20Zizeeria%20maha_zpspmg7dj1x.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

56. Neptis clinia is right. FW cellend triangular spot long-pointed. HW with a tiny white spot at the base of space 3 which forms the lower margin of the band. This is similar to N. hylas 57 which have a larger white spot.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720120010.html

59. Z. maha is right Z. karsandra have pale peripheral spots & FW postdiscal spots dark & in a regular arc.
Z. karsandra.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Butterfly_Dark_Grass_Blue_-_Zizeeria_karsandra.jpg

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[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow

60. Zizeeria karsandra
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9791-Zizeeria-karsandra_zpso49znbgt.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9791-Zizeeria-karsandra_zpso49znbgt.jpg.html)

61. Zizina otis
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9848-Zizina-otis_zpsoac3dlto.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9848-Zizina-otis_zpsoac3dlto.jpg.html)

62. Zizula hylax
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9755%20Zizula%20hylax_zps895yetgz.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9755%20Zizula%20hylax_zps895yetgz.jpg.html)

63. Chilades lajus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9890%20Chilades-lajus_zpskwjmkk2m.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9890%20Chilades-lajus_zpskwjmkk2m.jpg.html)

64. Badamia exclamationis
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9734-Badmia-exclamationis-Brown-Awl_zpszdawqxn5.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH9734-Badmia-exclamationis-Brown-Awl_zpszdawqxn5.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

60, & 61 are both Zizeeria maha which show the effect of cold on development in the pupal stage.

In Z. karsandra the top three black spots are closer. ;The FW submarginal spots are flattened into lines.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/ZizeeriaKarsandra/ZizeeriaKarsandra_HaneeshKM_ah556.jpg
http://cdn3.fast-serve.net/cdn/themothman/Zizeeria-karsandra-DARK-GRASS-BLUE_700_600_7BKWP.jpg

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[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow
I will continue with my posts in this thread though it is 2017 now.
65. Dodona egeon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0145-Dodona-egeon-egeon-_zpseixfwtvh.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0145-Dodona-egeon-egeon-_zpseixfwtvh.jpg.html)

66. Kaniska canace
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0135-Kaniska%20canace%20Blue%20Admiral_zpswuxvem3l.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0135-Kaniska%20canace%20Blue%20Admiral_zpswuxvem3l.jpg. html)

67. Arhopala birmana
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0155-Arhopala-birmana-birmana_zpsf2xys0j0.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0155-Arhopala-birmana-birmana_zpsf2xys0j0.jpg.html)

Need experts to confirm the ids of the following shots.
68. Udara sp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0148%20Udara%20sp_zpsmifi3p1w.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0148%20Udara%20sp_zpsmifi3p1w.jpg.html)

69. Jamides sp may be J. celeno?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0161-Jamides-_zpsorwfsyjv.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0161-Jamides-_zpsorwfsyjv.jpg.html)

70. Nacaduba sp - may be N. kurava
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0086-Nacaduba-sp_zpsnxf5txpl.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0086-Nacaduba-sp_zpsnxf5txpl.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

Post 28.

68. Udara dilecta: markings are quite consistent.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Butterflies%20of%20China/11_Lycaenidae/Udara%20dilecta/Udara%20dilecta_070702066B.jpg

69. female Jamides alecto.
FW postdiscal band broken & HW basal band broken as well; FW white striae very broad.

70. N. kurava male .as for ssp theresia.
http://m6.i.pbase.com/g6/98/670198/2/76091276.Ev5Xy1Vr.jpg

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[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow
71(a) and (b) : Pothanthus pava ???
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0505%20Potanthus%20pava%20TBC_zpsove60vt6.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0505%20Potanthus%20pava%20TBC_zpsove60vt6.jpg. html)

71(b)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0508%20Potanthus%20pava%20TBC_zpsub58r9nl.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0508%20Potanthus%20pava%20TBC_zpsub58r9nl.jpg. html)

72. Baoris sp ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0612%20Baoris%20sp%20TBC_zpscyrkok5p.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0612%20Baoris%20sp%20TBC_zpscyrkok5p.jpg.html)

73. Parnara bada
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0652-Parnara-sp_zpseyuhugtw.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0652-Parnara-sp_zpseyuhugtw.jpg.html)

74. Gerosis phisara rex
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0656%20Gerosis%20phisara%20rax_zpshhoes4sy.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0656%20Gerosis%20phisara%20rax_zpshhoes4sy.jpg .html)

75.Dercas verhuelli
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0496-Dercas%20verhuelli%20Tailed-Sulphur-f-verhuelli_zpswwxaqimk.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0496-Dercas%20verhuelli%20Tailed-Sulphur-f-verhuelli_zpswwxaqimk.jpg.html)

76. Lethe confusa
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0649-Lethe%20confusa%20Banded%20Tree%20Brown_zpshswurkz g.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0649-Lethe%20confusa%20Banded%20Tree%20Brown_zpshswurkz g.jpg.html)

77. Delias pasithoe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0591-Delias-pasithoe_zpsgigatmmo.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0591-Delias-pasithoe_zpsgigatmmo.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

Post 30.

71 a & b. Likely P. confucius male. FW(pic 2) without an orange patch at the base of space 2.

It has been stated P. pava male in Taiwan has the base of space 2 (FW) with a patch of orange (much as in T besta male).
Malayan P. pava also have this (see C&P4) so that this should be the case in SE Asia.

P. pava FW space 2 base with an orange patch; also seen on the underside.
Underside bands marked with black dashes, poor in dsf.
HW spot 6 relatively large (ie as largec as spot 7)
http://image.digitalarchives.tw/ImageCache/00/5d/b6/ed.jpg
http://eoldata.taibif.tw/files/eoldata/imagecache/data_object_image/images/39/20090929_345498_potanthus_pava_a.jpg
http://taibif.tw/zh/namecode/345498

P. confucius; FW without an orange patch at base of space 2.
Degree of FW spots 4 & 5 overlap variable.
HW spot 6 small but may be large in the female.
Underside black more extensive ,& some as rounded spots.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scapeview/7341488792
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scapeview/7156286273

72. female Baoris farri.
HW with a pale vague patch at cellend indicating Baoris.
FW spots may be much reduced.


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[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow

78. Looks like the Parnara guttata
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH1307-Parnara-guttata_zpsjuljf04y.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH1307-Parnara-guttata_zpsjuljf04y.jpg.html)

79 : Dichorragia nesimachus (The Constable)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0778-Dichorragia-nesimachus-The-Constable_zps3x7pnzxi.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0778-Dichorragia-nesimachus-The-Constable_zps3x7pnzxi.jpg.html)

80: Papilio agestor
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0951-Papilio-agestor-kuangtungensis-_zpsx2vkqema.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH0951-Papilio-agestor-kuangtungensis-_zpsx2vkqema.jpg.html)

81. Vanessa indica
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0990-Vanessa-indica_zpslacrxllx.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_0990-Vanessa-indica_zpslacrxllx.jpg.html)

82. Hypolimnas bolina
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_1201-Matng-Hypolimnas-bolina_zpsae6d1wfb.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_1201-Matng-Hypolimnas-bolina_zpsae6d1wfb.jpg.html)

[Psyche]

Post 32.

P. guttatta is right.

TL Seow:Cheers.

[Banded Yeoman]

Love the Papilio shot and the colourful background in the Vanessa shot! It's unique and matches the butt...

[Peacock Royal]

These are some common butterflies in Hong Kong

83. Heliophorus epicles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH4570%20Heliophorus%20epicles%20Purple%20Sapphir e_zpsstl775if.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH4570%20Heliophorus%20epicles%20Purple%20Sapphir e_zpsstl775if.jpg.html)

84. Lamproptera curius
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH1722%20Lamproptera%20curius_zpsdr2kkuw7.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH1722%20Lamproptera%20curius_zpsdr2kkuw7.jpg.htm l)

85. Papilio memnon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH1343%20Great%20Mormon%20Papilio%20memnon%20fema le-form-agenor_zpsjxrlwz7i.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH1343%20Great%20Mormon%20Papilio%20memnon%20fema le-form-agenor_zpsjxrlwz7i.jpg.html)

86a : Papilio paris
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH2329%20Papilio%20paris_zpsvfxrelrr.jpg

86b
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH2279%20Papilio%20paris_zpso9fiu1o5.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH2329%20Papilio%20paris_zpsvfxrelrr.jpg.html)

87a: Rohana parisatis
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4409/36691102331_0c74cef29e_b.jpg

87b
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4404/36830943155_64d2914ef4_b.jpg

88. Cyrestis thyodamas
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4432/36830963635_a05a203922_b.jpg

[Peacock Royal]

89.Taraka hamada isona
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4383/36690127111_e2020d5128_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XUbuwt)


90. Graphium cloanthus clymenus
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4383/36020876233_b8d84e0d16_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WT3pye)



91. Discophora sondaica tulliana

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/federickho/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_2941-Common%20Duffer%20Discophora%20sondaica%20tulliana _zpssrish70z.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/federickho/media/Butterflies%20of%20Hong%20Kong/HFH_2941-Common%20Duffer%20Discophora%20sondaica%20tulliana _zpssrish70z.jpg.html)


92a and 92b: Lexias pardalis

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4340/35996283864_74c6997df7_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4380/36434008360_01c58e7961_b.jpg


93. Thoressa monastyrskyi
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4396/36659869492_a0868bf1ea_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XRvpZo)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4439/36021044953_f8840ce165_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WT4gHc)

[Peacock Royal]

Photobucket now does not allow 3rd party hosting unless I upgrade to a subscription-based account.
Will try to put back the photos here.

[Angiud]

I use Flickr and Tynipic

[Peacock Royal]

Have not been posting photos for a while - due to many bad weekend weather or very low butterfly activities during my last few outings since late August.

94. Pseudoborbo bevani - to be confirmed
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4490/23678911668_89a392cdbb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/C5qBtJ)

95. Another Pseudoborbo bevani ?? - shot on a different day at a different location
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4463/37273970540_d9b1362df7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/YMLQQu)

96. Acraea issoria
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4468/23678868928_35e4fa214b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/C5qoLQ)

97. Eurema blanda hylama
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4491/37530984251_db48edbdfa_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Zbu74n)

98. Ampittia dioscorides etura
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4458/37531228251_dbcfd36a4b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZbvmAg)

[Psyche]

Post 39 94, 95.
Borbo cinnara.

Pseudoborbo bevani. Some experts disagree with needing to erect a different genus.
FW spots neater & smaller; spot 1b poor or obsolete; subapical spots more aligned.
Antennae with a more prominent pale area behind the black clubs.
HW is more rounded but impossible to judge in fieldshots.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8141433833_b41f535518_b.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lVGsFneVlDk/ViThywINW4I/AAAAAAAABF4/GjYWAcjURQM/s1600/BBB%2B-%2B1A2182.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7U-ZUKaVNzM/UVBA_v6FYOI/AAAAAAAALMk/7dpWqXntcD0/s1600/%E5%B0%8F%E7%B4%8B%E8%A4%90%E5%BC%84%E8%9D%B6_%E7% AB%8B%E7%BF%85.jpg


Borbo cinnara
FW spots larger & irregular; spot 1b always prominent; subapical spots with spot 6 (lowest) typically well out of alignment.
Antennal shafts appearing mostly dark ,without a pale area behind the clubs (except at a certain angle a bit of paleness is visible).
HW more prominently lobed at the tornus but not noticeable at rest.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Rice_Swift_(Borbo_cinnara)._At_Yavatmal,_Maharasht ra..jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sb5yBrUxKKI/UDgJVZ9VrCI/AAAAAAAAGe0/aOMi7vHe5iI/s1600/DSC2384++Borbo+cinnara+cinnara+Formosan+Swift.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KaVjdL_FAME/U152N_2DObI/AAAAAAAAdUc/5BJKeJq6wCY/s1600/FS_adult_Khew_01.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Dr Seow

Even though I went for butterfly-hunting on most of the weekends, I have not been posting butterfly shots here for a while due to rather low butterfly activities in the last few months. Yesterday, for the first time this year I was able to snap more than 50 shots in one outing at Sha Lo Wan, Lantau Island.

99a. Likely to be Aeromachus jhora ? [Note : HK has both A. jhora and A. pygmaeus
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4533/38357705271_e4f4fbf526_b.jpg

99b.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/37643496244_29f5ce5602_b.jpg

100. Which Pelopidas ? P. agna or P. mathias?
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4586/37644592214_20bae8404d_b.jpg

101. Parnara guttata
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/37644592534_f7f54fe26a_b.jpg

102. Barbo cinnara
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4567/24488118808_222f2093e6_b.jpg

103. Catochrysops panormus exiguus
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4519/38327416602_72cdd2f201_b.jpg

104 A female Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepis puspa gisca) or something else?
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4586/38304795176_784d8ec294_b.jpg

105. Megisba malaya sikkima
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4515/38327053082_ca5a6feb18_b.jpg

[Psyche]

99. Aeromachus jhora. FW cilia checquered; antennal club with a point.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2017/93_17489-75-58d7e87f20280-1.jpg

A. pymaeus. FW cilia plain ;antennal club rounded.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/AeromachusPygmaeus/41AeromachusPygmaeus_HemantOgale_ab098.jpg

100. Pelopidas mathias. generally greyer vs brown in agna; marginal areas paler .


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Butterfly activities in Hong Kong this year (2018) was rather low in the past 3 - 4 months. However, we have started to see improvement in the last two weeks. I will post some of the shots here in batches.

101: Sinthusa nasaka- not sure if this is a different subspecies from that of SG!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/949/27058005977_d5115baa07_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/He2mur)

102: Caltoris cahira - Need confirmation!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/976/27058005507_1b8ba22904_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/He2mmk)

103: Cyrestis thyodamas chinensis - at last I got a better shot of the underside.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/965/27058005337_370635a190_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/He2mip)

104. Papilio machaon - "A migrant"
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4799/38936329590_0643ec821b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22jESgq)

105. Papilio xuthus xuthus
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4794/40036587894_41abed28f0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23ZTYJb)

106a. Pseudoborbo bevani ?
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/952/28057334588_72313fdef4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JKkb55)

106b
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/977/41029136865_d9a71ed2ba_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25vB3Xt)

[atronox]

The Sinthusa is an undescribed ssp of nasaka. See: https://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/porcupine/por34/34-invert2.htm . Both sexes are quite dimorphic on both surfaces

[Psyche]

Post 43.

It is probable there are many more unrecorded species of butterflies in HK.

102. The strongly bowed FW, dark antennae suggest Baoris.
This appear to be correct for Baoris penincillata chapmani or sometimes elevated to Baoris chapmani.
There is reduction in FW spots. Here only two subapicals ( spot 6 & 7) are present. Spots 4 & 5 are absent.
The nos. of spots present are very variable.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2015/97_5950-790-553e1779ae1f0-2.jpg


106. This has no spots on the HW & no FW subapical spots.
Although it has some resemblance to P. bevani it is not it.
P. bevani have small FW spots , UnH spots & antennae with pale areas.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8141467426_20efa00688_h.jpg

Caltoris can sometimes have reduced spotting &the UnH is unspotted.
This matches the description of Caltoris tenuis which Evans described as having greenish yellow hair on the body & similar scales on the UnH.

Note this has some resemblance to Caltoris philippina which have sharper FWs & an ochreous green scaling on the underside.
Caltoris philippina is unknown from the whole of the Indochinese region ie Thailand, Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam.
It has a peculiar distribution, ie S. India, Sri Lanka, Malaya & eastwards to the Philippines, Sulawesi , PNG & the Solomons, missing the larger Sunda islands.
Singapore examples.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Caltoris%20philippina%20philippina/CP_adult_field_male_01.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gug8ilYe9Z8/VWhywdI5i5I/AAAAAAAAiIo/s9jlHp15g-A/s1600/CP_newly_eclosed_BenJin_01.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Caltoris%20philippina%20philippina/Caltoris-philippina-philippina-Sunny-Chir-4223.png


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

107a : Ampittia virgata virgata
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1832/43926762041_3b54b6337e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29VE8Ye)
107b :
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1838/43208575384_4182fa1aa0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28Qcf6E)


108: Odontoptilum angulata angulatum
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1791/28990488617_76bf84ddee_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LaMQfD)

Need confirmation of the following shots.

109. Potanthus confucius confucius
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1837/43926761751_f017d13192_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29VE8Te)

110: Polytremis lubricans lubricans
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1811/28990459047_44ba31cec9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LaMFsP)

111. Zizeeria karsandra
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/860/28990404117_21c7c349c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LaMp8K)

[Peacock Royal]

Shot this at Lung Kwu Tan, Hong Kong in July 2023

112: Which Tagiades ?
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53081068543_f1b9ed83af_z.jpg

[Psyche]

Tagiades menaka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagiades_menaka#/media/File:Dark_Edged_Snow_Flat_(Tagiades_menaka)_from_H ong_Kong_2.jpg

Only two species in H.K.
The other is T. latigiosa.
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQs_DKZAHe0_2O0bhL4DFzPyErdIHtZZN ax-HszLfGEirPx2z8zyh3bkAjU1q-84N4-Pd7tbb8RULnspCA


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Peacock Royal]

Yes. I have shot both HK Tagiades species
What puzzles me is the hindwing outer margin is not whittish in this picture.

[Psyche]

Correction.


112. Tagiades litigiosa.
There are two tiny white spots in space 2 & 3.
T. litigiosa can have both spots or only the upper spot 3.
In wsf the HW marginal spots can form a continuous band.
HW does not have a spot in space 1b .
Valid example from N. Vietnam.
Female (dsf) with FW spots in space 2 & 3.
Male (partial wsf) with only spot 3 (faint)
http://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot.com/2016/05/178-tagiades-litigiosa-water-snow-flat.html

HK Full wsf with only FW spot 3.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/67098/water_snow_flat_-_tagiades_litigiosa.html

T. menaka is said to have only one variable form.
FW with only spot 3, no spot 2.
HW with a diffuse spot in space 1b inside the marginal spots.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/1461_67831-549-5f639496c1f2b-1.jpg


This one from Hk is misID'ed. Should be T. latigiosa .FW only spot 3; HW no spot in space 1b inside the marginal one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagiades_menaka#/media/File:Dark_Edged_Snow_Flat_(Tagiades_menaka)_from_H ong_Kong_2.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.
PS. If I am not mistaken T. litigiosa is now correctly T. vajuna.