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Bluebottle
03-Jan-2010, 08:27 PM
Went with CK to MR. Saw quite a few butts but only manage to shoot the common ones. Appreciate if you could help with the ID. Thanks in advance.

1:?
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_7143p.jpg?t=1262517813

2: Banded Demon?
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_7141pBandedDemon.jpg?t=1262517883

3: Nigger
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_7117Nigger.jpg?t=1262517918

4: Dingy Bush Brown?
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_7148p.jpg?t=1262517943
Commander
03-Jan-2010, 10:32 PM
The first one looks like one of the Caltoris spp. Can't confirm the ID.

The other skipper appears to be the very rare Quedara monteithii monteithii. The marking are consistent with the female of this species. Well done! Butt Fairy smiling on you in 2010! :cheers:
Bluebottle
03-Jan-2010, 10:48 PM
Thanks, Khew :cheers:
The Plane
04-Jan-2010, 12:44 AM
Loke's DBB looks jaded and tired....

that's because it had just finished having fun ;P :

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4241123680_30f28f60ef_o.jpg
(It's quite messy over that area - yuk !)
atronox
04-Jan-2010, 01:17 PM
The DBB looks very swollen, probably "pregnant".:grin2:
Banded Yeoman
19-Jan-2010, 07:09 PM
Then its likely to lay some eggs soon on the preferred host plant.

cheers:read:
Jonathan