Some Butterfly Sighting Records in 2012

1 & 2 Ypthima horsfieldii.

5 is a bit tricky. It looks like a bit of hybrid between mineus & visala.
It should be M. visala.
The indentation line which forms the inner border of the hindwing spots is broad & open, (triangular at the upper part in mineus.)
The white band bends outward at the upper end.
The lower 3 big spots (excluding the lowest.) are out of line. (in line in mineus.)
The dark subbasal line do not forms the 2 distinct 'teeth' seen in perseoides.

The only reservation is that the perpheral striae are not more broadly whitened.

TL Seow:cheers:

A few shots from last few outings.

1 and 2 : Euploea crameri bremeri (Spotted Black Crow)
3. Lampides boeticus (Pea Blue) at Ubin
4. Phalanta phalantha phalantha (Leopard) at Ubin
5. Rapala iarbus iarbus (Common Red Flash)

Guessing a couple of those butterflies where looking for salt? Looks like you had an enjoyable outing. William

5 is Rapala dieneces male (note oval mark on hindwing. This one has broad wings.)
(R. iarbus is lighter & the postdiscal line above the blueish patch is a slanted line.)
R. dieneces & suffusa are very similar. Here is a suffusa pair. Not sure if male is always this yellow.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/forum...5&d=1240904105

TL Seow:cheers:

Interesting mosquito on the 2nd Spotted Black Crow :)

Concur with Seow the Rapala is not a Common Red Flash.

looking at the yellow around the tornal spot ... is it possible that this is a Rapala suffusa barthema (Suffused Flash) ?

http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...wbutterfly/207

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Originally Posted by Silverstreak

Concur with Seow the Rapala is not a Common Red Flash.

looking at the yellow around the tornal spot ... is it possible that this is a Rapala suffusa barthema (Suffused Flash) ?

http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...wbutterfly/207

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There is a possibility of course, but the ID of the male is based on the upperside, brownish red in suffusa (all on the hindwing) and bright-red in dieneces (dark basal patch on hindwing).
In the females, the underside of suffusa is yellow & dieneces ,pale buff brown.

Fleming does mentioned in the female suffusa underside' note orange over tornal spot conspicuous'.
This is rather vague. In the typical male & female suffusa (yellow form) this can hardly be seen.

Perhaps members can note the upperside colour of the male when it takes flight.
Yutaka website is of little help as it is low-res. & all details are lost on zooming.

TL Seow:cheers:
PS. Moore's original description of the type, a male, states the underside as dull sulphur-yellow.
http://www.archive.org/stream/procee...e/834/mode/1up
Distant descibed the underside of female of ssp barthema as yellow.
The male he later noted as allied to domitia in colour minus the black spots.
http://www.archive.org/stream/rhopal...e/280/mode/1up

This is another shot that reveals a little glimpse of the upperside - I must say that its reddish-orange upperside was rather intense when it was in flight - thinking that it is a Common Red Flash - that's why I didn't take a closer look at its underside, forgetting that the uppersides of the male Scarlet Flash (R. dieneces) is reddish-orange also.
I am not sure how intense the "reddishness" of the male Suffused Flash (R. suffusa barthema ) is.

As Moore first described the species, the red is suffused with brown, so the male Suffused Flash does not flash brightly.

TL Seow:cheers:

It is understandable that when they wrote it, drawing and words were the only way to describe the ID keys.... how I wish the day someone create a pictorial key to the verbal key, assuming old foggies like us are still around.... it is killing alot of us!!:bsmile:

:cheers:

Very nice shots, Federick. I found that the straps of my binocular/camera were always attactive to something when I placed these on the ground. It certainly does not take the butterflies long to find something like this.

Regards,

Thanks David

A few recent shots.

1. Neptis hylas papaja (Common Sailor)
2. Arhopala epimuta epiala (Common Disc Oakblue)
3. Mycalesis fusca fusca (Malayan Bush Brown)
4a and 4b : Ionolyce helicon merguiana (Pointed Line Blue)
5. Which Miletus ?

2 is A. major male (In A. epimuta, forewing spot 4(lowest here) is dilocated outwards; hindwing spot 6 is astride spot 5 & cellend bar; upperside is all blue in the male.)

5 is Miletus symethus male. ( forewing apex whitish, subapical spots ill-defined or obsolete; Hindwing postdiscal spots lunulate.)

TL Seow:cheers:

Thanks Cher Hern for providing the transport to Panti Forest with two fantastic shooting companions Sunny and Loke. Very nice weather but extremely humid in the forest.

The "base camp" was disgustingly dirty - litter, discarded food, raw and cooked, cans and human waste attracted thousands of flies.

Here are some of my shots
1. Dichorragia nesimachus deiokes (Constable)
2. Terinos atlita teuthras ?
3 and 4 : Cirrochroa tyche rotundata ?
5. Which Sunbeam ? Curetis regula ?
6 and 7. Cyrestis themire themire (different individuals)
8. Arnetta verones (Sumatran Bob)
9. ??
10. Which Arhopala ?

5. Curetis tagalica jopa. Black banded legs. Hindwing lunulate spot in space 6 set inside that of space 7 & space 5.
( In C. regula the lunulate spots in space 6 & 7 are flush or in line.)

9. Astictopteru jama jama.

10. Arhopala epimuta epiala.
This can only keyed out as A. epimuta or agesilaus; spot 4 is slightly shifted out & other features ruled out A. agesilaus.
Note lack of tornal white dot in this individual.

TL Seow:cheers:
PS. The rest are correct.

Many thanks Dr Seow.
Here are a few more shots from Panti

1. A glimps of the upperside of Curetis tagalica jopa
2. Fluffy Tit (Zeltus amasa maximinianus)
3 and 4 : Great Assyrian (Terinos atlita teuthras) - same specimen
5 and 6 : Malay Staff Sergeant (Athyma reta moorei )
7. Constable (Dichorragia nesimachus deiokes) - most beautiful butterfly species in this trip - but no chance for more shots !!
8. Blue Jay (Graphium evemon eventus)
9. Five bar Swordtail (Pathysa antiphates itamputi )
10 and 11 : The Malay Yeoman (Cirrochroa emalea emalea

Very nice, Federick. How often do you see Great Assyrians? I've only seen one and that was on my last trip to The Gap area.

Constables are such beautiful butterflies. It always is nice to see photos of those.


Regards,

Thanks David.
I can't answer if The Great Assyrian is common - however, this was my first time sighting at least 3 or 4 of them. Perhaps someone could answer that question.

A few shots taken from last few outings in Singapore

1 and 2 : Malayan Lascar (Lasippa tiga siaka)
3. The Plain Plushblue (Flos apidanus saturatus)
4. Horsfield's Baron (Tanaecia iapis puseda)

Just a few shots first.

1. Thauria aliris pseudaliris (Tufted Jungle King)
2. Papilio palinurus palinurus (Banded Peacock) - a long-distance shot.
3. Troides amphrysus ruficollis (Malayan Birdwing)
4. Troides brookiana albescens (Rajah Brooke's Birdwing) - first time shooting a female.
5. Chliaria othona semanga (Orchid Tit) - ??
6. Pathysa macareus perakensis (Lesser Zebra)

Seems like a fun and enjoyable trip :cheers:
I haven't seen Tufted Jungle King in Gua Tempurong before. Did you guys venture into the woods on the right side of the toilet?

Yes, we did. But they have trimmed the plants there and behind the stream.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks Simon. A few more shots.

7. Cethosia penthesilea methypsea (Plain Lacewing)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...inLacewing.jpg

8. Cepora iudith malaya
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...dithmalaya.jpg

9. Appias nero figulna (Orange Albatross)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...eAlbatross.jpg

10. Poritia erycinoides phraatica
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...sphraatica.jpg

11. Jamides philatus subditus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ussubditus.jpg

12. Chersonesia intermedia intermedia (Correction : Should be Chersonesia rahria rahria) Thanks Dr Seow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...hriarahria.jpg

13 and 14 : Rohana parisatis siamensis - male
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...mensisMale.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...mensisMale.jpg

12 is Chersonesia rahria rahria.

C. rahria : forewing submarginal band irregular, upper part with one black dash/spot.
Hindwing submarginal band typically wider than the inner 2 bands; tornus without a black mark.

C. intermedia.: forewing submarginal band irregular, upper part with 2 black dashes.
Hindwing submarginal band hardly wider than the inner 2 bands; tornus with a black mark to the margin.

(Note C&P4's key lines 5 & 6 are in error.)

Correction: Ignore above ID notes; there is too much variations for it to be correct.

TL Seow:cheers:

Thanks Seow.


15. Terinos clarissa malayanus (Malayan Assyrian)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Assyrian-1.jpg

16 and 17. Pandita sinope sinope
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...peColonerl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...opeColonel.jpg

18. Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Tailed Jay)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nagamemnon.jpg

I have problems with the following species.

19.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rAppiasTBC.jpg

20.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...9AppiasTBC.jpg

21.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...DSC1742TBC.jpg

17 to 21: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

19 & 20 Appias albina albina.
This is the tricky albatross which looks so much like Saletara.
In Saletara the last vein at the apex (vein 9) is very short, & arise from a tiny fork (from vein 7) close to the margin.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moloch05/5946153796/

21. Appias paulina distanti.

TL Seow:cheers:

Many thanks Dr Seow.

22. Chersonesia intermedia intermedia - I hope I got it correct this time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...intermedia.jpg

23. Bassarona teuta rayana (The Banded Marquis) ???
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...eutarayana.jpg

24. Halpe porus (Moore's Ace) ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Halpeporus.jpg

25. Halpe hauxwelli
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ehauxwelli.jpg

26. Rohana parisatis siamensis female
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nsisFemale.jpg

27. Troides amphrysus ruficollis (Malayan Birdwing)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...anBirdwing.jpg

28. Troides brookiana albescens (Rajah Brooke's Birdwing) -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...esBirdwing.jpg

29. Lamproptera curius curius (White Dragontail)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...riuscurius.jpg

The Birdwing is Troides helena. The spots of T. amphrysus are usually larger and often conjoined. Your earlier shot in post #60 shows the upperside of a female Malayan Birdwing.

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Originally Posted by Commander

The Birdwing is Troides helena. The spots of T. amphrysus are usually larger and often conjoined. Your earlier shot in post #60 shows the upperside of a female Malayan Birdwing.

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Thanks Khew.
This is Malayan Birdwing (Troides amphrysus ruficollis)

Yup, that's correct. :thumbsup:

22 (Chersonesia intermedia) is correct.

After studying valid examples of both species, the previous ID points in post 65 are incorrect.
The easiest & accurate ID difference is.
C. rahria : forewing apex with a cross line which may be discernable as 2 spots.
C intermedia : forewing apex with a single spot & without the cross line.

TL Seow:cheers:

Thanks again Dr Seow

Last few shots taken at Gua Tempurung

30. Koruthaialos rubecula rubecula (Narrow-banded Velvet )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...larubecula.jpg

31. Euthalia mahadeva zichrina (The Blue Baron) ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...eBlueBaron.jpg

32. Which Nacaduba sp ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Nacadubasp.jpg

33. Eurema andersonii andersonii (Anderson's Grass Yellow)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rassYellow.jpg

34. Polyura athamas athamas (Common Nawab)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...masathamas.jpg

35. Megisba malaya sikkima (The Malayan)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...TheMalayan.jpg

30 is Koruthaialos sindu. (orange band reach forewing costa; palpi 3rd segments very short.)
32 should be Nacaduba berenice. ( no features to suggest other species.)
34 is Polyura moori (Discal band almost 2x wider than the marginal brown area at hindwing costa; outer margin of discal band on forewing angled.)

The rest are correct
TL Seow:cheers:

Hi Federick,

RE: #60, 4 and # 69, 28:
Female and male Trogonoptera brookiana albescens respectively. Eliot (2006) pointed out in his update the Trogonoptera was re-instated as full genus.

Teo T P

Thanks TP for this update.

Last few butterfy shots from Kampar.

36. Chersonesia rahria rahria - same individual as my early picture #12 on this species was shot at the waterfall (a mix-up of the shots when I posted)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...hriarahria.jpg

37. (Xanthotaenia busiris busiris) (Yellow Barred )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...risbusiris.jpg

38. Which Arhopala ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Arhopalasp.jpg

39. Notocrypta paralysos varians (The Banded Demon) ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d-DemonTBC.jpg

40. Koruthaialos species ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...thaialossp.jpg

41. Which Curetis sp ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...mCuretissp.jpg

38. An aberration. Spot 9(forewing) & spot 6(hndwing) are missing.
Forewing mid cellspot very large, but all other features including the wide gap between spot 5 & cellend bar indicates Arhopala major.

39. Notocryota quadrata.
No subapical spots; very broad white band; at apex, costa & termen at right angle.(Correction: probably N. clavata female)

40 .Female Koruthaialos sindu.
Note Ancistroides gemmifer & Pseudokerana have white spots beneath.
In K. frena (not listed in C&P4) the outer margin of band is smoothly curved.

41. Curetis santana.
It seem almost impossible to separate C. santana & bulis from the underside, but santana have the white palpi 2nd segment spotted red/orange.
Correction: This is probably Curetis bulis.
A check indicates C. bulis also have spotted palpi. In bulis the palpi are finely spotted, while in santana, a few coarser spots are present nearer the tip so that the palpi appeared largely unspotted if not in focus.


TL Seow:cheers:

Here is an about turn.
41 is correctly Curetis santana.

In all valid examples of Curetis bulis the lunulate marks of the discal band on the hindwing are well-aligned so that the band is almost a straight line.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Butterf...is%20bulis.htm
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc3/84030001.html

In Curetis santana the marks are variably mis-aligned so the discal band appeared dislocated.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc3/84050010.html

One of the main confusion was that Fleming's L378 male upper & underside of C bulis keyed out to be C. santana and is identical to the male C. santana from Ranong in the Yutaka site.

TL Seow:cheers: