Uncle Seow, I have no underside shots.:-( Not only that, I am also very bad at IDing darts/dartlets through uppersides. I will check the shot with the omaha uppersides in my computer later in the afternoon.:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
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Uncle Seow, I have no underside shots.:-( Not only that, I am also very bad at IDing darts/dartlets through uppersides. I will check the shot with the omaha uppersides in my computer later in the afternoon.:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
In that case we'll leave it as omaha unless proven otherwise later.
TL Seow:cheers:
07 Jan 2011
Like what Uncle Sunny said, january is supposed to be part of the wet season. However, instead of rain, Singapore had more than a week's drought starting from extreme late december and strong winds. The weather was also fair and hot(about 32C). So I finally managed a trip to USR.
USR
#1 Starry Bob
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod6.jpg
#2 Coconut Skipper (jump at the flash)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod7.jpg
#3 Chestnut Bob
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload1.jpg
#4 Starry Bob
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod3.jpg
#5 Same species (Jump at the flash)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod4.jpg
#6 M. perseoides
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod2.jpg
#7 M. perseus
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod5.jpg
#8 Arhopala major
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod8.jpg
Cheers
UFO 1 is a Starry Bob with more spots. You can see other examples in the checklist.
UFO 2 is the Coconut Skipper. Note the 5 spots & their shape.
The A. amphimuta is more likely to be A. major.
Normally you are right in it being amphimuta, if you see the middle of the 3 spots in the upper part of the hindwing is large, as here. (In A. major it is usually small.) But the 2 species do overlap in the size of this spot.
To confirm look for the following.
The spot above the green mark is an L (or a J if you are looking the other side). In amphimuta this spot is a V.
Above this spot the band is broken into two parts (each of 2 spots). In amphimuta this band is usually amost intact.
A. major is probably the commonest Oakblue in Singapore.
TL Seow:cheers:
Many thanks, Uncle Seow:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
21 Jan 2012
Today's weather was great(at least morning and early afternoon), and quite a number of butterflies were out. I even got a chance to shoot a tame five bar swordtail on my first sighting!;P
DFNP Spa
#1 Fivebar Swordtail(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload8.jpg
#2 Potanthus ganda
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod9.jpg
#3 Common Bluebottle(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod3.jpg
#4 Common Mormon(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod4.jpg
#5 Magpie Crow(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod1.jpg
#6 Party Time!
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod7.jpg
Continued...:cheers:
#7 Elbowed Pierrot
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod2.jpg
#8 Common Hedge Blue
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod5.jpg
#9 Staring at the sky
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod6.jpg
Cheers:cheers:
28 Jan 2012
Belukar Trail, DFNP
Horace, why not you go and check out the area of land around the spa and belukar trail? There seems to be a colony of Potanthus ganda there. I just shot another two and saw many more(?) which I did not shoot.
Caltoris cormasa
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod4.jpg
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload7.jpg
Potanthus trachala
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload5.jpg
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload3.jpg
Palm Dart
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod6.jpg
Chestnut Bob
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod2.jpg
Cheers:cheers:
Post 48.
1. Caltoris cormasa. Very worn; one lower cell spot; hint of rusty redbrown colour on the underside.
2 should be P. confucius. Degree of overlap between the subapical & the postdiscal spots do not mirror the upperside in Potanthus; note tiny bridges connect the spots.
( Correction : Both are P. trachala )
Strongly concave margins of subapical spots ;outer margin of spot in space 3 (just below the 2 in space 4 & 5) a deeply cut V.
Underside hindwing dark markings more spot-like than in ganda.
3 is Telicota augias ; veins not darkened;deep orange; wide overlap between spot 3 & 4.
4 is Iambrix salsala. Very worn ; typical spot ; long pointed palpi. (shared with Idmon.)
TL Seow:cheers:
Interesting finds, Brian. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
Actually I was there yesterday for an hour or so. Still no luck with the Potanthus spp. there. :-( I will be back to monitor the site for sure. :)