Jumpy Arhopala

[Commander]

Encountered a small colony of these jumpy Arhopala yesterday deep in the CCA. Strangely, they only react to Nikon flashes whilst staying still for my other two fellow photographers using Canon systems. ;P

[Banded Yeoman]

Wow! I love the purple uppers of arhopalas. Neither are they easy to photogragh!:) He probably disapproves of Nikon!:bsmile:

[Blue Nawab]

Yup, Canon Flash, gentle and soothing for Arhopalas...:bsmile:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4430958059_16ac284854.jpg

[Banded Yeoman]

Yes! Coz I've got Canon too!
Sorry my computer drawings are really bad, unlike the ones on paper!:bsmile:

[Great Mormon]

the upperside looks really nice, rarely get to see them. Nice inflight shot uncle Khew :P

Is that good enough to help identify the jumpy fella?

Jonathan, not bad, you can certainly do better than me in drawing!

[butterfly_effect]

It looks like a male Arhopala major major because of the topside shot which shows a larger border around the wings as compared to the topside of the A. amphimuta.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4431867818_e8848f1c81.jpg

[Commander]

Thanks Ellen. Looks like we'll have to make lots more comparisons with the striations and spots on the underside with other shots of A. major. :thinking:

After comparing some shots, that Nacaduba that we shot still matches N. beroe the closest. Not easy to match all the markings in these lookalike butts. :mad2:

[butterfly_effect]

Yeah.... been staring at the CP4 instead of my books! *Panic*... and I'm not even sure I'm correct either... ok I have to study other more boring topics like accountancy now (buries)

[atronox]

Lol, nice drawing.:bsmile: