UFOsThread

[Silverstreak]

A thread to archive all the UFOs .

starting with this one....

It appears to be a Nacaduba berenice icena (Rounded Six-Line Blue) , the congestion around the forewing submarginal spot and postdiscal spots on space 3&4 and missing spot at space 12( which could be aberrant) make identifying it a nitemare.

captured at TBHP on 26th Jan 09

[Silverstreak]

Moving another recent UFO from its original thread (http://butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8313) to here:

Another 6 line Nacaduba , that appears to be a Rounded Six Line Blue but cannot ID for sure...

Captured at TBHP on 11 Jan 09


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/IMG_8831.jpg

[Silverstreak]

This appears to be a 4 line Nacaduba .... unable to peg it down to exactly which species.

The shot is one of a mating pair under investigation by Khew.

from TBHP on 11th Jan 09

http://butterflycircle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11442&stc=1&d=1231753274

[Silverstreak]

Recorded these two UFO, I am fairy certain that this is another new Nacaduba species for Singapore.


:cheers:

[Commander]

Sunny, can you please do one of your "negative-positive" comparison with the shots in this thread (http://butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7335)? I believe Horace had also earlier concluded that this was N. pactolus odon earlier, but we were short of voucher specimens then, other than one which I took from LFA. :gbounce:

[Silverstreak]

Comparing all the shot of this species over the years , way back to shot taken west of Singapore on Dec 2005

3 Shots of this species on Southern Ridges Jan/Feb 2009 and 2 shots taken on 11th Jun 08 at CCA by Horace and Dec 2005 on Western Singapor by khew .

All major fore wing and hindwing markings appears almost identical except some slight variation.

The marking of the open wing dorsal shot of the female of #1 match nicely with C&P4 Plate 37 fig 5 of the Nacaduba pactolus odon


I am fairly certain that this is in fact the species #290 Nacaduba pactulos odon


Happy BirthDay Khew !!

A befitting birthday present for our Birthday Boy!!!

[Commander]

Thanks Sunny. :bsmile:

Quite definitely N. pactolus from the comparison of the earlier specimen at LFA which you took for me, and the various references. I'll cross-check with the two you got for me from Southern Ridges later when I take them off the board. :cheers:

[Silverstreak]

It is a Nacaduba sp ..... but dunno what it is!:bsmile:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/UFO190807.jpg

:thinking: Will have to investigate further.

:cheers:

[Archduke]

looks like deeper investigation into the nacadubas and jamides have uncovered many pluses for the checklist!

[Wanderer]

another gap to be filled? congrats! :cheers:

[Silverstreak]

Quite possible that it is an aberrant Nacaduba calauria malayica

[atronox]

:thinking: This last one looks like an ancyra blue, but the ground colour and border pattern are different.

[Silverstreak]

Aaron ,

Yes , firstly the Ancyra Blue is about half the UFO's size and as you correctly said the base color is different and the wing border marking is different .

Further there are a number of differences if one scrutinize the two.


:cheers:

[atronox]

Yes, after close scrutiny, the two seem less alike. Thx Sunny.:grin2:

[Silverstreak]

Archiving this comparison of Terry's possible Nacaduba calauria malayica (http://butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8636) for future reference.

[Silverstreak]

Achiving this one here since I am looking at it..... taken in CCA way back in 11/04/07

It is a Nacaduba

[Silverstreak]

Archive this UFO from this thread Lycaenid for ID (http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9571)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----5301---24_02_2010.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----5314---24_02_2010.jpg

http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13788&stc=1&d=1267097034

[Banded Yeoman]

Archive this UFO from this thread Lycaenid for ID (http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9571)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----5301---24_02_2010.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----5314---24_02_2010.jpg

http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13788&stc=1&d=1267097034

The yellow on the UFO seems to extend further up, and the placements of the black spots are different.:thinking: However I cannot think of any other butt that matches. Hopefully a new butt for Singapore.:)

[atronox]

Come to think of it, it does quite resemble T. inexpectata, a sp that was never recorded from sg before.
The yellow tornal markings match the description in C&P4.

[Silverstreak]

Let's pray that the Butterfly Fairy will smile on me again , to have another date with a better specimen of this suspected Tajuria inexpectata and perhaps a A.blanka blanka too!!;P