Records shots from USR

Some record shots taken from USR. Sorry have to trouble the experts here to help ID my Arhopala shots if possible. :)

Pratapa deva relata (White Royal)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../DPP1229-L.jpg

Lexias pardalis dirteana (Archduke)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../DPP1228-L.jpg

1. Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli?
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../DPP1230-L.jpghttp://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../DPP1231-L.jpg

2. Arhopala amphimuta amphimuta?
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../DPP1226-L.jpg

3. Same as 2?
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../DPP1227-L.jpg

Both 2 & 3 have purple upperside.

Thanks for viewing.

Nice shots!

Yes, 1st arhopala is the green oakblue .:)

Ah... the Green Oakblue is back. There was a colony of them at the forested patch before the trail going into the White Royal grounds.

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Originally Posted by Banded Yeoman

Nice shots!

Yes, 1st arhopala is the green oakblue .:)

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Thanks for the confirmation Jonathan. :)

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Originally Posted by Commander

Ah... the Green Oakblue is back. There was a colony of them at the forested patch before the trail going into the White Royal grounds.

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Its exactly where I shot it. I only saw one though...

Ah the green oakblue is back!

Improved shot on White Royal, nice!!

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Originally Posted by Archduke

Ah the green oakblue is back!

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Looks like that's their dwelling area. I recalled shooting a female Green Oakblue there once.

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Originally Posted by scenar

Improved shot on White Royal, nice!!

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Thanks! Hopefully a more pristine & sharper shot next time.

The Green Oakblue are always there , except with the numbers varying with the time of the year.

There is a patch with plenty of their host plant. Go read the life-cycle and learn how to identify the host plant, that will make it easier to track it down.

There are another two locations at Bukit Timah Nature Reserves , where it was first sighted and from which the life cycle was recorded by Horace.


Cheers!

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Originally Posted by Silverstreak

The Green Oakblue are always there , except with the numbers varying with the time of the year.

There is a patch with plenty of their host plant. Go read the life-cycle and learn how to identify the host plant, that will make it easier to track it down.

There are another two locations at Bukit Timah Nature Reserves , where it was first sighted and from which the life cycle was recorded by Horace.


Cheers!

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Thanks Sunny, I'll take a look at the patch where I shot it and see if it matches the 2 hostplant photos in the blog.