Some Butterfly Sighting Records in 2012

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Originally Posted by Commander

The Birdwing is Troides helena. The spots of T. amphrysus are usually larger and often conjoined. Your earlier shot in post #60 shows the upperside of a female Malayan Birdwing.

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Thanks Khew.
This is Malayan Birdwing (Troides amphrysus ruficollis)

Yup, that's correct. :thumbsup:

22 (Chersonesia intermedia) is correct.

After studying valid examples of both species, the previous ID points in post 65 are incorrect.
The easiest & accurate ID difference is.
C. rahria : forewing apex with a cross line which may be discernable as 2 spots.
C intermedia : forewing apex with a single spot & without the cross line.

TL Seow:cheers:

Thanks again Dr Seow

Last few shots taken at Gua Tempurung

30. Koruthaialos rubecula rubecula (Narrow-banded Velvet )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...larubecula.jpg

31. Euthalia mahadeva zichrina (The Blue Baron) ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...eBlueBaron.jpg

32. Which Nacaduba sp ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Nacadubasp.jpg

33. Eurema andersonii andersonii (Anderson's Grass Yellow)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rassYellow.jpg

34. Polyura athamas athamas (Common Nawab)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...masathamas.jpg

35. Megisba malaya sikkima (The Malayan)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...TheMalayan.jpg

30 is Koruthaialos sindu. (orange band reach forewing costa; palpi 3rd segments very short.)
32 should be Nacaduba berenice. ( no features to suggest other species.)
34 is Polyura moori (Discal band almost 2x wider than the marginal brown area at hindwing costa; outer margin of discal band on forewing angled.)

The rest are correct
TL Seow:cheers:

Hi Federick,

RE: #60, 4 and # 69, 28:
Female and male Trogonoptera brookiana albescens respectively. Eliot (2006) pointed out in his update the Trogonoptera was re-instated as full genus.

Teo T P

Thanks TP for this update.

Last few butterfy shots from Kampar.

36. Chersonesia rahria rahria - same individual as my early picture #12 on this species was shot at the waterfall (a mix-up of the shots when I posted)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...hriarahria.jpg

37. (Xanthotaenia busiris busiris) (Yellow Barred )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...risbusiris.jpg

38. Which Arhopala ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Arhopalasp.jpg

39. Notocrypta paralysos varians (The Banded Demon) ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d-DemonTBC.jpg

40. Koruthaialos species ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...thaialossp.jpg

41. Which Curetis sp ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...mCuretissp.jpg

38. An aberration. Spot 9(forewing) & spot 6(hndwing) are missing.
Forewing mid cellspot very large, but all other features including the wide gap between spot 5 & cellend bar indicates Arhopala major.

39. Notocryota quadrata.
No subapical spots; very broad white band; at apex, costa & termen at right angle.(Correction: probably N. clavata female)

40 .Female Koruthaialos sindu.
Note Ancistroides gemmifer & Pseudokerana have white spots beneath.
In K. frena (not listed in C&P4) the outer margin of band is smoothly curved.

41. Curetis santana.
It seem almost impossible to separate C. santana & bulis from the underside, but santana have the white palpi 2nd segment spotted red/orange.
Correction: This is probably Curetis bulis.
A check indicates C. bulis also have spotted palpi. In bulis the palpi are finely spotted, while in santana, a few coarser spots are present nearer the tip so that the palpi appeared largely unspotted if not in focus.


TL Seow:cheers:

Here is an about turn.
41 is correctly Curetis santana.

In all valid examples of Curetis bulis the lunulate marks of the discal band on the hindwing are well-aligned so that the band is almost a straight line.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Butterf...is%20bulis.htm
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc3/84030001.html

In Curetis santana the marks are variably mis-aligned so the discal band appeared dislocated.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc3/84050010.html

One of the main confusion was that Fleming's L378 male upper & underside of C bulis keyed out to be C. santana and is identical to the male C. santana from Ranong in the Yutaka site.

TL Seow:cheers: