Doi Pha Hom Pok, Doi Lang, March 2016

[Angiud]

Dry, many wildfires, very low activity, the main 3 road-crossing streams (great butterfly locations) are now covered by a wonderful concrete road :cry:

On the top of both mountains Teinopalpus imperialis still flies. The extremely dry weather is taking a heavy toll on animals and plants.

First, one (two?) dubious Rapala, I guess nissa ranta. But they look a bit different.



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1491/26262522410_99f92d5ea0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G1JhWw)
Rapala sp. (https://flic.kr/p/G1JhWw)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1703/26262523510_8c4e2b9ef1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G1Jigu)
Rapala sp. (https://flic.kr/p/G1Jigu)


Finally I found what I guess is the Indian Purple Sapphire

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1595/26249816140_b723ab14a5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FZBaNU)
The Indian Purple Sapphire - Heliophorus indicus (https://flic.kr/p/FZBaNU)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1596/26249813730_7d4bc06128_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FZBa6m)
The Indian Purple Sapphire - Heliophorus indicus (https://flic.kr/p/FZBa6m)

[Psyche]

The Rapalas are terribly difficult to ID>
However, there is a strong suggestion that 1. is R. rectivitta , & 2 is R. nissa ranta.
A slight perspective distortion in pix 2.

Description of the taxa rectivitta & ranta.
http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen79zool#page/140/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen79zool#page/140/mode/1up

Under the description for taxon ranta is a comparison with taxon rectivitta.

Thus.
Taxon ranta; underside lighter , ochreous tint, termen more rounded ;dark line gently curved.
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rapala_nissa_ranta#/media/File:RapalaNissaRantaMFUpUnAC1.jpg
http://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Rapala-nissa-ranta

Taxon rectivitta: underside darker; termen straighter ; dark line prominent ,straight.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83960001.html

Surprsingly Yutaka does not show his examples of R. nissa ranta.

Heliophorus indicus looks right.
Some images are in error here beow.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/1114/Heliophorus-indicus

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Angiud]

Thanks Dr. Show. I was guessing too that one could be rectivitta. Same location Les Day found it a couple of years ago. Yes. The second pic has been taken not in a straightforward position.

[Angiud]

I used Kimura (Kimura and others - The Butterflies of Thailand Vol.2) to ID the Heliophorus

23890

[Psyche]

Here is the description of taxon ranta with comparison to taxon rectivitta , inadvertantly left out in post 2.
http://archive.org/stream/s6annalsmagazine19londuoft#page/409/mode/1up

TL Seow : Cheers.

[Angiud]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/27012467676_b92fe847c8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H9ZXxj)
Arhopala sp. (https://flic.kr/p/H9ZXxj) - A. khamti? - Confirmed Arhopala khamti

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/27020995885_1879e8650e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HaKEFp)
The Black-spotted Labyrinth - Neope muirheadi bhima (https://flic.kr/p/HaKEFp)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7768/26918729081_7951bcc25d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H1HwjD)
The Yellow-disc Oakblue - Arhopala singla (https://flic.kr/p/H1HwjD)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7758/26957792551_6f89858071_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H5aJwK)
The Tailed Judy - Abisara neophron chelina (https://flic.kr/p/H5aJwK)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7306/26441637793_49f535f93f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GhyiGM)
The Red Lacewing ♂ - Cethosia biblis biblis (https://flic.kr/p/GhyiGM)

[Psyche]

Post 6.
Arhopala khamti is right.This is very similar to A. oenea.
A. khamti has a metallic blue/green patch in space 1b while A. oenea does not.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/2763/Arhopala-khamti
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/2762/Arhopala-oenea

You have another khamti/oenea shot which I mixed up sometimes back.

TL Seow : Cheers.

[Angiud]

Thanks!!!


This one:


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5689/23470361139_812bb0fc39_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BKZJEX)
The Doherty’s Dull Oakblue - Arhopala khamti (https://flic.kr/p/BKZJEX) corrected Arhopala oenea

[Psyche]

Post 8.

Yes this is the one.
It does not have the metallic green/blue patch in space 1b, & so it is A. oenea.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Angiud]

Thank you. So I can add a new one to my actual 778 Thai species list :bsmile:

[Angiud]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7777/27052598851_76aa552cbe_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HdxD98)
The Striped Punch - Dodona adonira adonira (https://flic.kr/p/HdxD98)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7684/27121873065_f1c8c9a905_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HjEFX8)
The Studded Sergeant - Athyma asura asura (https://flic.kr/p/HjEFX8)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7515/27053577841_3564bcb9be_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HdCEag)
The Variable Sailor - Neptis zaida inayoshii (https://flic.kr/p/HdCEag)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7597/26518258273_a392c36e94_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Gpk1ix)
The Variable Sailor - Neptis zaida inayoshii (https://flic.kr/p/Gpk1ix)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/26851088070_3c51c4192c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GUJR1j)
The Chestnut Tiger - Parantica sita sita (https://flic.kr/p/GUJR1j)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7749/27125467335_4f8738ea37_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HjZ7pi)
The Chestnut Tiger - Parantica sita sita (https://flic.kr/p/HjZ7pi)