Butts from Nakhon Si Thammarat

[Painted Jezebel]

After and 8 day trip going round the outskirts of Khao Luang and Yong Sai National Parks, I managed to find a few interesting species.

Starting with the Hesperidae:
1) To celebrate the CNY and The Year of the Tiger, the first species is Ochus subvittatus subvittatus (The Tiger Hopper). All my books state that this is a purely northen Thai species, so what it was doing down South, I have no idea!
2) Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana (Fulvous Pied Flat)
3&4) Lotongus calathus calathus (White Tipped Palmer)
5&6) Notacrypta clavata clavata ( Clavate Banded Demon?)

[Great Mormon]

wonderful collection of skippers les!
Must be a very fruitful trip.

Happy New Year!

[Painted Jezebel]

Papilionidae and Pieridae

1) Atrophaneura neptunus manasukkiti (Yellow Clubtail)
2) Atrophaneura coon doubledayi (Common Clubtail)
3) Appias nero figulina (Orange Albatross)

[Painted Jezebel]

Nymphalidae _ Danainae and Satyrinae

1&2) Parantica aspasia aspasia (Yellow Glassy Tiger)
3&4) Parantica melaneus planiston (Chocolate Tiger) - Only upperside shot I managed!
5) Elymnias malelas ivena (Spotted Palmfly) - Upperside is an excellent mimic of the Striped Blue Crow.

[Painted Jezebel]

Nymphalinae

1&2) Prothoe franck uniformis (Blue Begum)
3&4) Tanaecia flora andersonii (Blue Count) - Male & Female
5) Cyrestis nivea nivalis (Straight-lined Map)

[Painted Jezebel]

Lycaenidae

1&2) Drina donina usira (Brown Yam) - Upperside was a 'Flash' response.
3) Arhopala perimuta regina (Yellow-disc Oakblue)
4,5&6) Three Arhopala species which I can not ID with certainty. Any help would be appreciated.

Many more species were seen, but the photos are barely recognisable!:thumbsdow

[Commander]

Great stuff, Les. You must've enjoyed yourself immensely. :cheers: So many species! Some old friends that I used to see back in the northern part of West Malaysia.

[Silverstreak]

Wow! So many varieties.

Pity I was not into butts for the many moons spent in Thailand!


Les, Thanks for sharing!

[butterfly_effect]

Hey Les,

The clubtails are gorgeous! :)

[Painted Jezebel]

A quick update. The Arhopala perimuta regina (Yellow-disc Oakblue) is now upgraded to a fully fledged member of the Koh Samui fauna.:redbounce A single specimen was seen today in the usual place, Hin Lad Waterfall. A very rare +1, these days, for Samui, and a very nice and unexpected start to the new year (Chinese style!). I hope the Thai New Year (April 13th) is just as generous to me!:grin2:

[Commander]

Congrats, Les. :cheers: What's the species count for Samui now?

[Painted Jezebel]

Thanks, SK. The 'Official' number is now 317.

This is the number of species for which I have proof of existence, with either voucher specimen, or clearly identifiable photo. I have been pruning down the numbers in preparation for sending the paper off for peer reading, as it appears I may have been a little over enthusuastic when I first arrived in the tropics (e.g. My sightings of Euploea rhadamanthus turned out to be a female Courtesan. At least, I have failed to get any proof of the presence of the species here, though it is to be found on the mainland near here.) Also, while I know I have seen certain species here, proof has so far eluded me, and can not be included in the official list! My file of UFOs is also quite extensive.

[Great Mormon]

Les, wow, thats already more species of butterflies than what we have down here in Singapore. We will try to catch up!!!