Doi Chiang Dao, Thailand On 5 and 7-8 Nov

The silver royal is truly a beauty. :cheers:

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Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel

re CD30, if it is the one I saw a part of the upperside, and I think it is, it is a Pithauria species, I think P. stramineipennis stramineipennis. It was partially whitish, basally, and I think you can just see the start of the forewing costal part in the photo. It matches my photos of that species very well.

It was also much larger than the average Halpe!
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You are quite right, it is Pithauria straminiepennis.
Because it was thougt to resembles Onryza, I was thinking small.

Here are the two for comparison. Note the FW chequered cilia of H. burmana.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...ekar_ag187.jpg
http://d.mp-farm.com/b/500x450.water...00/3305723.jpg

TL Seow : Cheers

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/1...56ed6bcc_c.jpg
2 Hedge Blue - ??

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3818/1...96e6cb12_c.jpg
The Common Lineblue - Prosotas nora ardates

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5479/1...1ae62fba_c.jpg
The Common Wanderer - Pareronia anais anais

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/1...2dd3675a_c.jpg
Common Jester - Symbrenthia lilaea lilaea

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7388/1...a2f858ee_c.jpg
The Paris Peacock - Papilio paris paris

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/1...d774a936_c.jpg
The Painted Jezebel - Delias hyparete indica

Wow, what a nice shot of the Paris Peacock.
I didn't see it !

Thank you Anthony. The Windmill is really massive. And I miss the other one, the "common" Windmill, actually not so common.

Federick. The day I got the Paris and the upperside of the Royal was the end of October. I was alone there. :)

Excellent shots, LC, Antonio, Fed. :thumbsup:
Amazing number of gorgeous butterflies :what:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7301/1...cf5b8519_c.jpg
5 Green Dragontails

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/1...473658b0_c.jpg
2 Green Dragontails - after a minute or so, the two dragontails completely syncronized the water spray

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/1...dbcc9983_c.jpg
The White Dragontail - Lamproptera curius curius

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/1...a4859996_c.jpg
The Red Lacewing - Cethosia biblis biblis

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7298/1...e5a9f028_c.jpg
Unidentified Hesperiidae

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/1...4c7940ce_c.jpg
Charaxes kahruba Corrected ID

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/1...37a97130_c.jpg
2 Hill Jezebel - Delias belladonna hedybia

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/1...e68a7b94_c.jpg
The Yellow Tinsel - Catapaecilma subochrea

Nice DT shot especially when all five are facing the same direction, the yellow tinsel is so lovely :thumbsup:

CD27 ID Correction.
Udara rona catius.

Monodontides can be discounted because it has a spot near the base of space 1b (where twin spot are.)

The 2 Udara species with lunulate submarginals & in which HW postdiscal spot 7 is not much larger nor darker than many of the others are U. dilecta & rona.

U. dilecta tends to be whiter & the spots often reduced.
http://www.learna
boutbutterflies.com/Udara%20dilecta%208909-001a.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ud...aleUpUnAC2.JPG

U. rona catius from Java.
http://www.lycaenidae.gmxhome.de/Lyc...onacatius1.jpg


Post 23.

Blues Left Udara rona. Right - Celestrina lavendularis. Note its legs are black with white bands.

Prosotas pia marginata . Note submarginal spots are very diffuse & ill-defined.

TL Seow:cheers:

Post 27.

? Ampitta maroides.

Charaxes kahruba. It is a male , note short tails.

TL Seow: Cheers.