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The Malayan Birdwing is a male and what a magnificent individual with clear yellow forewing vein-stripes.
Most seen have the vein-stripes not so clear & so marring the general appearance.
TL Seow:cheers:
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Post 40.
The Malayan Birdwing is a male and what a magnificent individual with clear yellow forewing vein-stripes.
Most seen have the vein-stripes not so clear & so marring the general appearance.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks Seow ! I got male and female mixed up.
I think this is a female Common Birdwing
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These two are the female of Malayan Birdwing
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When we first reached the Mossy Forest, it was cold, windy, and misty. The altitude is more than 6000ft.
See video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKVGXJ1iS6E
The least expected was to see a butterfly. And this species was seen zipping around in high speed, engaging in dog fight and oblivious to cold and crowds.
Hasora mus pahanga
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5548/9...09f6a432_o.jpg
What a lovely shot of the Hasora!! :cheers:
I remember seeing one at the summit of Gunung Brinchang when I went a couple years back.
I wonder if it's host plant is only found at that altitude.
Post 41.
The female Malayan Birdwing, apart from the large conjoined black spots on the HW, have the FW brown (not black), & the lower vein-stripes very short so that the dark area is a square.
Post 42.
Hasora mus pahanga is restricted to high altitudes, strange for a cold-blooded creature , & resembles a little guy in a fur coat.
It also probably looks lke a small mouse zipping about. ( mus = Latin for mouse.) Its name translates as Pahang mouse.
TL Seow:cheers:
Wow the macro photos are fantastic!
DAY 1
DEPARTING FROM CHANGI AIRPORT~
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group pic - Loke, Chng, Sunny, Khew and Nona.
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Thanks Seow for the info. You got to love the name :bsmile:Quote:
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Some more from me :
Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Dark Blue Tiger)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/9...ec147038_b.jpg
Hypolycaena reylus teatus (Common Tit)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/9...410d167a_b.jpg
Odontoptilum pygela pygela (Banded Angle)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3673/9...e093c5aa_b.jpg
Cyrestis cocles earli f- formosa (Marbled Mapwing) - this one for my PS practice...haha... :P
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/9...5400ef77_b.jpg
Poritia erycinoides phraatica (Blue Gem)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3665/9...369a62a6_b.jpg
Castalius rosimon rosimon (Common Pierrot)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/9...7ac7af20_b.jpg
Thauria aliris pseudaliris (Tufted Jungleking)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9...06d16444_b.jpg
Aeromachus jhora
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/9...dd8c074f_b.jpg
Cyrestis maenalis martini
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3789/9...2bdc16ef_b.jpg
Hasora mus pahanga
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3682/9...30daa394_b.jpg
Cepora nadina andersoni (Orange Gull ?)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3778/9...dee33a29_b.jpg
Parantica sita ethologa (Chestnut Tiger)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/9...a9d78a19_b.jpg
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus cameroni (Dark Yellow-banded flat)
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5521/9...f1c09898_b.jpg
Common Batwing (Atrophaneura varuna varuna)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7433/9...0a48f474_b.jpg
Nona Ooi
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2879/9...900e176a_b.jpg
Sunny Chir
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/9...463db471_b.jpg