Hewitson's original description of Hesperia cyrina actually states Darjeeling as the type location.Quote:
Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Ek-Amnuay is probably right.
http://www.archive.org/stream/annals...e/450/mode/1up
TL Seow:cheers:
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Hewitson's original description of Hesperia cyrina actually states Darjeeling as the type location.Quote:
Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Ek-Amnuay is probably right.
http://www.archive.org/stream/annals...e/450/mode/1up
TL Seow:cheers:
Apologies, you are correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Funet caused this confusion, as it lists the genus under both Pyrginae and Hesperiinae, and they have conflicting details. I looked under the Hesperiinae!
Apparently Borneo is given as the type locality for Hesperia corpa, which has been synonymised with H. cyrina, now Creteus cyrina.
Notwithstanding the above, I still think that this is the correct species.
I fully agree. The match is very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
How did it end up in Borneo?
This reminds me of another skipper which is found in Borneo but not in Malaya. Hasora proxissima.
The white-banded Limenitinine, you are probably right. It could be an isolated race of Parasarpa dudu best treated as a separate species.
Problem is there is no mention of it.
Well, not another new genus, new species stuff surely.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks very much, Les and Seow, for your help. I think that you guys are the "butterfly detectives" with your ability to track the butterflies' identity.
The butterfly that looks like Parasarpa dudu was an interesting one. It seems amazing to me that these are not listed or that there are not photos from Kinabalu. I saw several and they were all right around the headquarters. I am surprised that something large and conspicuous could be there but yet be unrecorded. The undersurface of the Kinabalu butterfly seems quite different to photos of P. dudu from Taiwan and China so you are no doubt correct that it would at least be a different race if not species.
I could not find anything regarding the status of the skipper. Is it considered rare? The photo from India was a good match and the photographer there thought that his was the first photo from that part of the country.
Regards,
Another shot of the Creteus cyrina cyrina:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../skipper2c.jpg
Celaenorrhinus dhanada lativittus (thanks, Les and Seow). This flat looked odd with the large translucent patch in the upper wings. I don't see anything like it in the Malaysia guide. This butterfly was photographed in the botanic gardens at the park headquarters of Kinabalu.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0/skipper1.jpg
Notocrypta pria. (thanks, Seow) This one was photographed at the butterfly garden of Poring Hot Springs.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ingskipper.jpg
Koruthaialos frena (thanks, Seow). Photographed at the butterfly gardens of Poring Hot Springs.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ngskipper2.jpg
Orchid at the Kinabalu Park headquarters:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/orchid.jpg
One of the highlights of the trip for me was seeing my first flowering Rafflesia. These were seen at the Rafflesia Centre. To see the flowers, my friends and I hired a guide and walked about 45 minutes down a steep hillside. There was only this single flower that was open but several buds were developing nearby.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Rafflesia2.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../Rafflesia.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Rafflesia3.jpg
This lovely ginger was flowering along the Langanan Falls Track of Poring Hot Springs.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ameginger2.jpg
There are app. 25 species of Rhododendrons in Kinabalu NP. My favourite was the Low's Rhododendron with its clusters of large yellow flowers. This one was flowering about 10m beyond the gate of the summit track.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...dodendron1.jpg
More Rhododendrons:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...dodendron3.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...dodendron2.jpg
This melastome was abundant near the Kinabalu Park headquarters. The fruits attracted many birds just as they do in the new world tropics.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../melastome.jpg
There were three species of fish in the creek near the headquarters. They were fairly easy to see. All had barbules around the mouth.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../800/fish3.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../800/fish2.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...2/800/fish.jpg
Oops, I overlooked these two skippers.
Large Snow Flat (Tagiades gana) Photographed at the butterfly garden at Poring Hot Springs.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Poringflat.jpg
Tagiades japetus Photographed at the butterfly garden at Poring Hot Springs.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...oringflat2.jpg
This trilobite beetle was spectacular. I saw several near the botanic gardens.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Trilobite4.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Trilobite3.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Trilobite5.jpg
Large phasmid:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...lkingstick.jpg
Mt. Kinabalu was the best place that we found for moths on the trip. Some of them were spectacular. This one would flick the tip of its abdomen over its back in the manner of a scorpion.
Dudusa vethi borneesis (Notodontidae). (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...00/moth21a.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth21.jpg
More moths from Mt. Kinabalu:
Moth 1
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth11.jpg
Moth 2
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth12.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...00/moth12a.jpg
Moth 3 Netria viridescens (male) - Notodontidae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth10.jpg
Moth 4 Close to Spilosoma grogane - Arctiinae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../800/moth3.jpg
Moth 5 Anuga rotunda - Eutelidae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../800/moth4.jpg
Moth 6 Problepsis borneamagna - Geometridae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../800/moth2.jpg
Moth 7 Close to Barsine lucibilis - Arctiinae
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth13.jpg
Moth 8
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth14.jpg
Moth 9 A Syntypisis sp. - They are VERY difficult to tell apart from a photo. (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth15.jpg
Moth 10 Ischyja hagenii - Catocalinae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth16.jpg
Moth 11 Hypopyra lactipex - Catocalinae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth26.jpg
Moth 12 Eoophyla nigripilasa - Crambidae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth32.jpg
Moth 13 A Geometrid - possibly a Eucyclodes sp., but no real idea. (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth33.jpg
Moth 14
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../800/moth5.jpg
Moth 15 Crambidae (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...800/moth17.jpg
Post 25.
1. Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus.
2. Notocrypta pria. (No forewing spot; white band not notched; hindwing margin squared.)
3. Koruthaialos frena (wide band but hindwing underside no spots as in A. gemmifer or Pseudokerana. )
Post 27.
The 2 Snow Flats are correct.
TL Seow:cheers: