The Last (R) One.....
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The Last (R) One.....
Graphium empedovana
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Lovely shots, everyone. The trip was excellent and it was fun to meet up with other BC members. I learned much about how to attract butterflies and also better photo techniques. Hopefully, my photos will improve.
It was great meeting you, too, David. I do so hope that I did not give you my cold! Are you back in Australia yet?
Our current total is 123 species! Hopefully Rose will be pleased.
I know of at least 4 more species which were photographed, but not yet identified. They are:
1) A Danaid, possibly of Ideopsis genus. (No idea whose)
2) A long tailed Lycaenid, with red/orange hindwings that could be a Drupadia sp. (No idea whose)
3) A Morphinae sp, poss. Zeuxidia sp. (David, yours I think)
4) A Satyrid, either Mycalesis or Ypthima, I can't remember which, with large spots on the hindwing. (David, another of yours I think)
Congrats to you. it is a very rare butt. :cheers:
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Originally Posted by bluefin
Time & Sun also important. :cheers:
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Originally Posted by moloch
I won't be sending you any poops for sure. :bsmile: Others can be arranged. :cheers:
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Originally Posted by WillFolsom
Les,
I stayed healthy and did not catch the cold. I hope that you have recovered from yours. Coughing and broken ribs are not a good combination!
My wife and I returned to KL this morning after a week at Fraser's Hill. It always is a top place for a visit. I will start a thread soon of the butterflies that I observed. I saw over a 100 species and photographed about 85 or so including a few that I think are uncommon or rare.
Here are a few more shots from Maliau. Please correct me if my identifications are not correct.
#1. Athyma pravara
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...apravara1a.jpg
#2. Neptis ilira (thanks Seow)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...11/sailor2.jpg
#3. Is this Athyma reta
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...thymareta1.jpg
#4. Another shot of the gorgeous Silver Royal (Ancema blanka).
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...lverRoyal3.jpg
#5. Ideopsis vulgaris (thanks, Les)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...011/tiger1.jpg
#6. Ypthima fasciata (thanks, Seow)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../Ythimina1.jpg
#7. Cirrochroa satellita
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...11/yeoman1.jpg
#8. Puddling butterflies that include the lovely Ixias pyrene undatus (thanks, Seow)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...range-tip1.jpg
#9. I know that this is a common species but I like its colours. Orange Emigrant (Catopsilia scylla).
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...eEmigrant1.jpg
#10. A flat that stopped briefly at the bait one day. Odontoptilum Pygela Pygela (The Banded Angle) (thanks, LC)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...2011/flat1.jpg
... that is all from me.
David, thanks for this. You have added two species that I was not aware of as well as providing two of the photos I was hoping to see. Did I get it wrong with the Morphinae underside photo?
It is Ideopsis vulgaris, but the ID of the Ypthima species still elludes me. Can anyone help?
Your Athyma species is actualy a Neptis sp. It looks very much like Neptis harita, but I am having trouble finding any records of it having been found on Borneo! Similar species, N. ilira and N. ormeroda are found in Borneo, but it does not look like them, to me. Maybe I have the wrong sources!
PS. Great I did not infect you, I was quite worried.
No, not me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Here is another photo that I forgot to post. The butterfly, unfortunately, was tattered and I cannot recognize it.
Neorina lowii (thanks, Seow)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...011/nymph1.jpg
Post 128 #10 is Odontoptilum Pygela Pygela (The Banded Angle) :cheers:
David, lovely shots from you too.:thumbsup:
You were at Fraser's Hill a few days early - I will be there from Monday 11 July afternoon to 14 July morning @ Singapore House - mostly work and discussion but I will find time to shoot.
At the moment I have an empty room (for two people). You can return there if you want :bsmile:
Let me know soon if anyone wants to stay at Singapore House.
Thanks, LC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glorious Begum
Thanks, Federick. It is too bad that our visits did not overlap. That would have been fun. I would love to return but have to wait until next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peacock Royal
The Neptis is N. omeroda . Note postdiscal spot in space 2 quadrate.
Athyma reta is correct.
The Ypthima is Y. fasciata following the key, though the spots are rather large. Saleint features; 2 strong inner bands; all spots are more or less in line. (in others like horsfieldi, upper 2 spots well out of line with the rest.). Female here. Gender difference ?
Two other Ypthima in Borneo.
Y. abnormis; Sarawak ; no clue. ?valid taxon.
Y. hanburyi; Sabah ; hindwing underside almost spotless.
Ixias pyrene undatus, since there is only one spp.
Post 130
This should be Neorina lowii since there is no other spp with a similar juxstaposition of those white spots.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks very much, Seow, for the identifications.
Les,
Did you record this species? These are lousy shots but I think the butterfly to be Hypolimnas anomala. Is that correct?
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...2011/crow1.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...2011/crow2.jpg
Mycalesis horsfieldi. (thanks, Seow)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...bushbrown2.jpg
Thanks, David. No, these were not on the list. This is why I will be shortly sending you all a provisional list for each of you to add those species I am not aware of.:police: :)
Mind you, I am not too sure of which Mycalesis sp. this is at the moment:embrass: .
The Bushbrown is M. perseoides.
The indentation is similar to perseus,but more gradually deepens, & the spots in space 1b, 2 & 3 are in line.
On rechecking, M. perseoides is not found in Borneo, so this is M. horsfieldi.
Note in horsfieldi the spots in space 1b, 2 & 3 are almost perfectly in line. In perseoides it is slightly out of line, while in perseus it is distinctly out of line.
(Note: there are 2 spots in space 1b; it is sufficient to see the alignment of the upper spot with the spots in space 2 & 3)
TL Seow:cheers:
I have, today, emailed all members of our party the provisional list for checking/amendments. If you do not receive it, please email me, and I'll send it again.
Can anyone enlighten me as to the current standing of the Kallima specimen, as shown in post #47.
I have seen both Kallima limborgii buxtoni and Kallima buxtoni used. Which is currently in vogue?
Moore describe Kallima buxtoni in 1879 from Sumatra not Borneo.
Funet's entry was taken from 'Butterflies of the Oriental Region' by D'Abrera published in 1986. ( BOR )
C&P4 1992 supercedes that & it list K. limborgi as distributed from Burma to Neomalaya ( Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo ).
In many instances, Sumatra & Borneo shares the same subspecies that is different from Malaya, eg. P. aristolochiae, P. nephelus.
I would stick to K. limborgi buxtoni unless there is recent news.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks fror the clarification, Seow. Funet was not the only source I had quoting L. buxtoni. There were a few photos on the net with the species name, and looking at those, I could not see any real reason for it being a separate species.
I am happy to have the entry as K. limborgii buxtoni.
Most of the alternate sites have their references either from Funet or D'Abrera's book. The images are also suspect.
The Yutaka website also provide indirect proof that the Sumatran/Bornean taxon buxtoni belongs to limborgii.
Subspecies amplirufa have been dropped and the whole mainland population from South Myanmar to Malaya is K. limborgii limborgii.
If there is no other subspp. then the name would have been K. limborgii only. ( That's if buxtoni is elevated to full species.)
For example, in the case of Mycalesis perseoides perseoides( as in C&P4) this had been changed to Mycalesis perseoides since Yutaka considered there is no subspecies.
TL Seow:cheers:
A couple of record shots pending ID. :hmmm:
Les, I believe some of these are not in the list. :)
#1 Anthene lycaenina
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/...d0644acd_b.jpg
#2 Iambrix stellifer
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/...d5dc280d_b.jpg
#3 Papilio memnon form anura
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/...d8bf9bf7_b.jpg
#4 Ideopsis vulgaris
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/...0ec3e4aa_b.jpg
#5 Euthalia aconthea
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/...b3859b2e_b.jpg
#6 Mycalesis marginata
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/...54eb38f8_b.jpg
#7 Pirdana distanti
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/...477be9e6_b.jpg
#8 Dophla evelina
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/...79b10b16_b.jpg
#9 Vagrans egista
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/...37055000_b.jpg
#10 Nacaduba berenice
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/...51d4814d_b.jpg
Now only you start posting :nunu:
Nw than got free time to go thru the rest of the pic, :hammer:Quote:
Originally Posted by Glorious Begum
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1 Anthene lycaenina.
2 Iambrix stellifer. ( No other match, only 2 Iambrix species )
3 P. memnon form anura.
4 Ideopsis vulgaris. (hindwing marking & no brand rule out Tirumala; forewing cellend spot rule out Parantica.)
5 E. aconthea.
6 Mycalesis marginata. ( large spot in space 2 )(correction M. orseis )
7 Pirdana distanti (large orange patch concentrated at tornus; greenish colouration still noticeable. )
8 Dophla evelina.
9 Vagrans egista.
10 Nacaduba berenice. ( spots not darkened, forewing submarginal spots in space 4 & 5 pointed. )
TL Seow:cheers:
Great, Nelson. Thanks. 3 species not on my list. Any more to come?
Les, in Yutaka's website Vagrans sinha is now used for all races from India to Sulawesi.
V. egista(type location: Ambon ) is now reserved for the races from the Moluccas eastwards.
Even this reputable website on Sulawesi butterflies use V. sinha.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflies...checklist.html
TL Seow:cheers:
Seow, many thanks again for assisting in the ID. :cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
That's all I have Les. :grin2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Seow, sorry, but I need to query your identification of Mycalesis marginata. There is a photo here which looks very different. I had the specimen as Mycalesis orseis borneensis.
No problem Les. An oopsie here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
I thought it doesn't quite look like anything here, and it fit the key in C&P4.
(At the back of my mind I did see a resemblance to M. orseis, but I did not followup.)
I would normally recheck by searching for images on the net, but this one have slipped thru the crack. (too preoccupied.)
BTW I could'nt access your link. However, found another.
http://hitaki-ikimono.cocolog-nifty....6/36-e83b.html
TL Seow:cheers:
Strange, it works for me. Try this or copy and paste it: http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/ch...marginata.html .Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Its actually not your link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Something is blocking connection to the website from my side.
It could be your system security that block the pop up. It should appear on the top sub bar. You can temporary disable it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Thanks LC, it is not the security. I am using Maxis. I have tried accessing earlier with another computer on another server Telekom without success.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glorious Begum
I have no problem with the website before.
I am guessing it is something to do with the religious materials on the website.
TL Seow:cheers:
You are right. Malaysia Boleh. :cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Seow, need your help on this ID. Is this Faunis gracilis ?
Yes. The male of Faunis stomphax is similar with eywspots but is blackish brown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glorious Begum
TL Seow:cheers: