2 hours at Huay Too National Park - Krabi TH

Running away for a few hours in the morning from a 3 days Buddhist funeral (some very far relative of my Thai wife), without proper equipment and clothes, I walked a couple of hours on the main track of the Huay Too National Park, road busy with tourists, taking to the beautiful 7 steps waterfall.
A few but interesting species have paid off the dirty of my good trousers.

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The Pallid Faun

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Ancistroides gemmifer

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Eurema sp.

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Chersonesia peraka

Sorry if I'm not so exact with the identification....

Here a couple of interesting shots of other insects and a view of the last jump of the waterfall:

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Agama & Robber

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Macrochirus sp.

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Huay Too Waterfall - Krabi

Very nice, Antonio.

I am yet to see the Pallid Faun anywhere in Thailand, though it does exist in isolated pockets. The only time I had seen it was up in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.

From the shape of the orange band, and that it does not reach the costa, I believe the Skipper is actually Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer.

The Maplet is Chersonesia intermedia intermedia.

Actually in the forest of the National Park, since from the area entrance, there were a lot of Pallid Fauns flying around in the shadowed areas.

Any help about the Eurema?

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Originally Posted by Angiud

Actually in the forest of the National Park, since from the area entrance, there were a lot of Pallid Fauns flying around in the shadowed areas.

Any help about the Eurema?

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Nice to know about the Faun, thanks.

With regards to the Eurema, I think I can see a third tiny spot at the base of the cell, in which case it would be Eurema blanda blanda.

One easy way to ID Ancistroides gemmifer is to look for white opalescent spots on the forewing, one of which can be seen.

The maplet is Chersonesia peraka since there are 3 complete bands. C. intermedia only have 2.

TL Seow:cheers:

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Originally Posted by Psyche

The maplet is Chersonesia peraka since there are 3 complete bands. C. intermedia only have 2.

TL Seow:cheers:

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Oops! Of course there are!:embrass: I forgot to look at that one.

Nice, Antonio. I like that Pallid Faun.

Being again in the same area, a few months later, I just follow to post my pics here (some are of the same species):

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The Pallid Faun - Melanocyma faunula faunula

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The Gem Demon - Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer

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An Old Arhopala

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The Common Line Blue - Prosotas nora superdates

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The Common Tit - Hypolycaena erylus teatus

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Puddling

No pic for the unIDed Arhopala.

The old Arhopala is Arhopala aedias.

Melanocyma faunula is perhaps one of the most remarkable Amathusine here.
Where other Amathusines skulk in the forest gloom, this one flies in the open in a slow fluttering flight at about 2m. from the ground, although it frequently rest on leaves. There were times, at a distance I thought whether it was some kind of Delias (Jezebel).
Its caterpillars are gregarious, dark red with whitish bands, and it has been suggested that they could be distasteful. Certainly the colour and behaviour of the cats & adults seem to show they could be unpalatable.

One day I saw a day-flying moth Dysphania glaucescens on the wing and I realised this moth bears a resemblance to Melanocyma.
It has the same greyish( though blue-grey) look & has pale yellow along the inner margin.
Dysphania is likely to be a distasteful genus.
What is interesting is that these two species seem to be in an early stage of Mullerian mimicry.

TL Seow:cheers:

Nice shots, Antonio.

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Originally Posted by Psyche

There were times, at a distance I thought whether it was some kind of Delias (Jezebel).

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Seow, I thought the same of the Pallid Fauns that I saw near Jeriau Falls.