August 2012 Fraser's Hill

Thanks Khew and Shirley for organizing the trip, Irene for preparing our delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner which gave us enough energy for hunting butterfly out in the field, Patrick, Sunny and Chng for the great company and Chng for the transport. It has been a fun and eventful trip, from saman (my bad ;P ), long jam at the checkpoint, black out and star gazing at the resort, and learn a few tips on eating steak;P .

We headed north to Ipoh first on 8th August and made a pit stop at Gua Tempurung. It was a pleasant surprise seeing Cher Hern and Teo at Gua Tempurong though we knew about their trip. Unfortunately all of us were too engrossed in chasing butterfly and forgot to take a group photo. Soon we parted our ways. After that we continued our journey to Ipoh. Dinner was at the famous Lou-Wong bean-sprout chicken. Breakfast on 9th Aug was the delicious dim-sum at Ming-Kok before we headed south to Fraser's Hill.

Ok, some photos first. Guys,feel free to post your photos in any sequence, I am just being long-winded.

. Ipoh bean sprout
. Lou-Wong bean sprout chicken
. French hotel where we stayed

Some photos from Gua Tempurong.

L1. Libythea-myrrha-hecura (Club Beak)
L2. Libythea-myrrha-hecura (Club Beak)
L3. Appias indra plana
L4. Phalanta alcippe alcesta (Small Leopard)
L5. You should be able to tell who is the owner of the lens. What is he shooting?
TBC...

Here are some shots of the puddlers...

#1 : Club Beak
#2 : Tawny Rajah
#3 : ??? :thinking:

Seow, what Lethe sp is the last one? I can't seem to nail an ID on it from C&P4. :hmmm:

A pristine Orange Albatross, and the two well-hunted Dragontails, the White and Green (not blue!) Dragontails! :bsmile:

Nice shots from Loke and Khew... Looking forward to see more pics :thumbsup:

Cheers! :cheers:

very beautiful pictures, i like the small leopard most!

Here comes more shots...

#1 : Red Spot Sawtooth
#2 : Branded Yeoman
#3 : Jewel Nawab

Beautiful shots, Khew :thumbsup:
So, you manage to nail the Red Spot Sawtooth too. Chasing this skittish fella and trying to get a good shot, this guy literally made Sunny and I rolling on the sand :sweat: :bsmile:

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Originally Posted by Bluebottle

Beautiful shots, Khew :thumbsup:
So, you manage to nail the Red Spot Sawtooth too. Chasing this skittish fella and trying to get a good shot, this guy literally made Sunny and I rolling on the sand :sweat: :bsmile:

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Thanks. This was shot with the Chocolate Albatross just taking off in the background and cropped off. Actually, both of you had great opportunities, if not for the Chocolate Albatrosses that kept blocking the Sawtooth! Sunny wanted to :aan: :shoot1: :nunu: that bugger!

Continue....
L6. +2 , nailing the Painted Jezebel and Glorious Begum :) . Nothing compare to meet face to face and a firm handshake. Nice meeting Les, LC and LC's friend Dennis.
L7. Hehe, at least the 'rolling' is not wasted ;P , Red Spot Sawtooth (Prioneris philonome themana)
L8. Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Tailed Jay)
L9. Euploea mulciber male
L10. Tawny Rajah

Another wonderful butterfly trip for me. Thanks to Khew and Shirley for the arrangement to make this trip possible and I enjoyed all the nice food cooked by Irene - simply delicious ;P. It was also a great pleasure to finally meet LC and Les in person. Starting with some field shots first :

Just 4 shots for now. Will post more when I return from Taiwan this weekend. :cheers:

a) Club Beak (Libythea-myrrha-hecura)
b) Indian Yellow Nawab (Polyura jalysus jalysus)
c) Sunbeam on Sunny's finger, not sure ID
d) Dark Yellow-Banded Flat (Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus cameroni)

i like the shot of sunny with a cigarette and camera in his hands. :)

Many thanks to LC for inviting me down to FH, a place that I had been wanting to visit for 5 years. It was also a delight to meet Khew and Sunny again, and finally meet Loke and Chng for the first time.

I have not processed any photos yet, but, post #12, pic 4, the flat, is Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus cameroni. Yes, it is a bit of a mouthful, even for me, so, for those who prefer the common name, it is a Dark Yellow-banded Flat.

If I see another Chocolate Albatross I'll scream, and the male Rajah Brooke's are soooo boring now!!!:grin2: (not really).

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Here are some shots of the puddlers...


#3 : ??? :thinking:

Seow, what Lethe sp is the last one? I can't seem to nail an ID on it from C&P4. :hmmm:

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The Lethe spp. are really tough. I initially thought it was Coelites euptychioides. Thankfully I checked it out first.

It is Lethe minerva male.

Post 10, L9.
Euploea mulciber male.

Post 12.
c. Curetis sperthis sperthis male. Black dots (faint) ; upperisde like santana; underside forewing band parallel to termen.
d. Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus.

TL Seow:cheers:

All: What a great, fun adventure! Just sorry I could not be there! So many terrific images! william

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Originally Posted by MinuteMaid

i like the shot of sunny with a cigarette and camera in his hands. :)

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It's called the "smoking gun" shooting pose. :bsmile:

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Originally Posted by Psyche

The Lethe spp. are really tough. I initially thought it was Coelites euptychioides. Thankfully I checked it out first.

It is Lethe minerva male.

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Thanks, Seow. That was helpful. :cheers: I'd earlier eliminated the two Coelites after checking my own specimens. That left me with the Lethe but the pictures in C&P4 doesn't show the undersides.

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Originally Posted by Commander

#2 : Branded Yeoman

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I believe it is the Little Banded Yeoman, no 'r'!

L.11 Jewel Nawab
L.12 Orange Albatross,
L.13 Pathysa antiphates itamputi (Five Bar Swordtail)
L.14 Malaysian Albatross (Saletara liberia) (previously wrongly id asCatopsilia-pomona-pomona)

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Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel

I believe it is the Little Banded Yeoman, no 'r'!

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Actually, that's where I would differ from the Thai book and depend on Markku Savela's list which refers to Paduca fasciata as the Branded Yeoman, with 'r'. :)

The butt has a pair of "brands" on the upperside of the forewings near the apical area which lends some credibility to the name "Branded".

Excellent shots, Loke! :cheers: I believe that last one that is super skittish is the Malaysian Albatross (Saletara liberia) with the yellow undersides. :thinking:

Very nice shots Loke, Chng and Khew.

3 shots here. Do I have

P. athamas

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/145381717.jpg

P. hebe ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/145381715.jpg

P. moori ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/145381714.jpg

Thanks Seow and Khew for the ID :cheers:

L15 Jewel Nawab
L16 Indian Yellow Nawab (Polyura jalysus jalysus)
L17 Lethe minerva, male
L18 Appias lyncida vasava (Chocolate Albatross)
L19 Banded Angle (Odontoptilum pygela pygela)

Beautiful pictures from all. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:cheers: :drinks::cheers: :drinks:



ps. no pictures to post can only put more emoji icons. :bsmile:

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Originally Posted by Glorious Begum

Very nice shots Loke, Chng and Khew.


P. moori ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/145381714.jpg

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Yes it is Polyura moori.

TL Seow:cheers:

the jewel nawab looks like they are mating! timely and well composed!

:gbounce:
i am turning into greeeeen eye monster.
All of your shots are so beautiful. I also want mating shots of Jewel Nawab. :cry:

Arrived home after staying two more nites to drink some beer at KL .....just 3 shots first !:)

C1
Delias ninus ninus ( The Malayan Jezebel )
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...III_0796-1.jpg

C2
Jewel Nawab
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...III_0394-1.jpg

C3
Orange Albatross
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...k-III_0463.jpg

...and better... and better. Awesome work, guys. Just great! William

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Originally Posted by Bluebottle

L19 Odontoptilum angulata angulata (Banded Angle)

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Loke, it is the Banded Angle (Odontoptilum pygela pygela)

Khew, re the Yeoman, I had wondered whether Pisuth had got it wrong again. However, whatever its common name, it is most definitely Paduca fasciata fasciata.

Wow! Nice shots from everyone! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

This is where the standard of photos falls down, my shots!

The first lot from Chilling.

PJ1 - A highly cropped partial upperside of Polyura delphis concha (Jewel Nawab - male.
PJ2 - An Allotinus species, smaller than I usually see for A. unicolor. UPDATE-It is A. unicolor:thumbsdow
PJ3 - Anthene licates dusuntua. I did a search of this species and was suprised to find only one previous entry, and that was from Sulawesi!
PJ4 - I may be clutching at straws here, but this one looked a bit different from the usual Palm King. Could this be Amathusia friderici utana? UPDATE - Amathusia perakana perakana:thumbsup: Thanks Seow.
PJ5 - Is this Eurema ada iona? If so, I think it completes my local Eurema species. (This is what I was shooting in the photo of me squatting down shown earlier)

In nature gay is ban.....both are puddling males.:)

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:gbounce:
i am turning into greeeeen eye monster.
All of your shots are so beautiful. I also want mating shots of Jewel Nawab. :cry:

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PJ2. It is Allotinus unicolor. Spot 6 (biggest spot) on the hindwing lies well to the inside of spot 7.

PJ3. Note the subspecific name. Dusun tua, Malay for old orchard , after the Sungai(or spelt Sungei) Tua (River Old) area.

PJ4. A wonderful find. Amathusia perakana perakana.
This is easily ID'ed as the hindwing pale subdiscal band is broken & its upper end is an isolated spot.

PJ4. Eurema ida iona is right. Two cell spots; rounded forewing; note hindwing black streak in space 7 is in line & joins the cellend bar, as in E. andersonii.

TL Seow:cheers:

Thank you. I did not look at A. perakana. Your explanation made it so obvious. I had thought that my luck for finding the unusual had eluded me on this trip, but this is great.

The last few of mine from Chilling before we start on Fraser's Hill itself.

PJ6) Would not have shown this, but the forewing underside markings in space 1b appear odd. UPDATE - Nacaduba calauria malayica
PJ7) This has got me confused, I thought it was a Jamides celeno, but the striae on the hindwing are wrong, as is the orange patch, which is much smaller than usual. A Nacaduba sp?:hmmm: UPDATE - Nacaduba sanaya elioti
PJ8) Polyura hebe chersonesa.

Sunrise at Fraser's Hill... using Tamron 180 !:prrr: ;P

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...k-III_0697.jpg

PJ6. This is highly unusual as the wings are darkened & the striae are brownish. The markings do occur in 6-line blues.
The large marginal spots indicates this should be a male N. calauria.

PJ7. A male Nacaduba sanaya.

PJ8. Polyura hebe. In P. moori the width of the green area at the hindwing costa is twice that of the marginal area.

TL Seow:cheers:

On the North-South Highway
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ir/Bin/042.jpg

Gua Tempurung
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ir/Bin/018.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ir/Bin/008.jpg

White Dragontail
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ir/Bin/004.jpg


Via country road to Ipoh
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ir/Bin/009.jpg

He better maintain visual , his GPS map was on Norway!!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ir/Bin/021.jpg