Dark Tit (Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides)
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Dark Tit (Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides)
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Starry Bob
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Malayan Snow Flat
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ID Needed (Four Ring or Five Ring?)
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Beautiful shots of the Malayan Snow Flat and Ring. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Post 2.
It is a Four Ring. 4 HW rings ; lower 3 spots/rings in line; no dark bands.
TL Seow :Cheers.
Thanks Dr Seow!
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Originally Posted by Psyche
Dr Seow, is this Opaque Sixline Blue ( Nacaduba beroe neon) or Transparent Sixline Blue (Nacaduba kurava)? Thanks!
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Post 6.
It is a male Transparent 6-line Blue Nacaduba kurava. Note the large quadrate(squarish) HW submarginal spot 6.
It is necessary to ID the sex first.(Here male, straight termen(outer margin), truncated abdominal tip, short palpi 3rd segment.)
The males of N. kurava & beroe have the dark lines/striae within the FW postdiscal band less well-developed.
The dark lines are almost obsolete in the male of N. beroe. Females of both species have well-developed dark striae.
The wingbases are darkened in the male N. beroe(not in the female). The wingbases look darkish here, but only the irregular bands are darkened.
If you look along HW space 7 the basal ground colour is not dark. Ditto for the FW base.
Examples of the male Nacaduba beroe.
1.(The palpi 3rd segment is the free black tip only, not down to the eye.)
The FW dark lines in the postdiscal band are almost obsolete. The wings are darkened so it is hard to see the bases are darker eg. along space 7.
http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.file...f39fce860b.jpg
2.Another Singaporean example with broad submarginal spots.
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3.An example from Fraser's Hill (tails mssing.)
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Both the males of Nacaduba berenice & calauria have well-developed dark striaes within the FW postdiscal bands.
Males Nacaduba berenice. The submarginal spots are typically narrow & irregular.
1.http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1330/1...fb356a3c7e.jpg
Pairing, male on the right.
2.http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.file...bb3f30860c.jpg
Males Nacaduba calauria. The peripheral spots are large & dark.
1.http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...obby%20Mun.jpg
2.A bit off-focus.
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TL Seow :cheers:
PS. Examples of Singaporean male N. kurava.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a3AcmU0iy0...iless-Blue.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...acaduba-sp.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...e-icena-Ro.jpg
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Thanks Dr Seow for the id and detailed description.
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Originally Posted by Psyche
Like the Malayan Snow Flat shot :thumbsup:
I haven't met one before.
Thanks Loke! I think is the timing...
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Originally Posted by Bluebottle
Scarlet Flash (Rapala dieneces dieneces)
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Spotted Judy
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The scarlet flash is so sharp! :cheers:
I noticed the Malayan snow flat has extended its proboscis, was it feeding on the surface of the leaf?
Thanks Jon, Happy New Year to you! Really has no idea whether the proboscis was extended because I was in an awkward position.
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Full Stop Swift (Caltoris cormasa) Dr Seow, Happy New Year to You!
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Dark Brand Bush Brown (Mycalesis mineus macromalayana) (corrected after Dr Seow's ID)
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Common Posy (Drupadia ravindra moorei)
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Thank you Cher Hern & Happy New Year to you & all.
It is a Caltoris cormasa alright.
The Bush brown do looks like M. visala but is essentially a M. mineus variant.
The marginnal pale lines look thick like visala.
However, the HW the lower 4 spots are in line & the inner margin of the eyespots indents most deeply at the upperend . typical for M. mineus.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks Dr Seow for the corrections!
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Originally Posted by Psyche
Mating Gram Blues (Euchrysops cnejus cnejus)
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Mating Two Spotted Line Blues (Nacaduba biocellata)
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Silver Forget-Me-Not (Catochrysops panormus exiguus )
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Two Spotted Line Blue (Nacaduba biocellata)
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Lovely collection of shots, Cher Hern. Your photos are superb.
Thanks David for the encouraging words!
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Silver Forget-Me-Not (Catochrysops panormus exiguus )
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Female Common Faun (Faunis canens arcesilas) laying eggs
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Bigg's Brownie (Miletus biggsii biggsii)
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Great capture of the Common Faun laying eggs!:thumbsup:
Thanks for informing me about the find and passing me the eggs. :) This will allow me to fill in the missing pieces of the LH record of this species. :)
Don't mention Horace, hope the eggs will turn out fine!Quote:
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Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepis puspa lambi)
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Rounded Sixline Blue (Nacaduba berenice icena ) (Thanks Dr Seow for the ID!)
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Post 24. last pix.
I think it should be a male N. calauria.
There is still a fair bit of confusion because of variations & what appear to be intermediates.
It is necessary to determine the gender first , male here from habit & brush end abdomen.
The beroe male have the dark striae in the FW postdiscal band obsolete or poor; wingbases dark-shaded.
The berenice male have the marginal spots rather flat & the HW marginal spot 3 (above the eyespot ) flatter.
Three males with uppers.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_UgE_Hi1aC...nice+icena.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pzK2I4_Ew6...nice-icena.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...a+sp+@+DFP.jpg
The male calauria tend to have the marginal spots bulging ;HW marginal spot 3 rounded; Marginal & submarginal spots usually dark.
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http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...obby%20Mun.jpg
A female.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...yica---2--.jpg
TL Seow:cheers:
PS. Nacaduba beroe. Typical male from Fraser's Hill.
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Two males from Singapore. Note dark striae in FW postdiscal band almost obsolete;FW submarginals bandlike but inner margins not rounded.
HW base darkened but FW base not obvious .2nd pix, Federick, Lornie Trail 2012.
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Oops! 2nd pix wrong image/ID (a male N. sanaya.)
Thanks Dr Seow once again...and will be again and again for the detailed description and ID!
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Originally Posted by Psyche
Chocolate Albatross (Appias lyncida vasava), finally got you this season in Singapore!
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Sumatran Sunbeam (Curetis saronis sumatrana)
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Post 24 No. 4.
Horace's breeding results show this is a male Nacaduba berenice, not N. calauria.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks Dr. Seow for keeping track!
Vinous Oakblue (Arhopala athada athada), Dr Seow to confirm, thanks!
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Narrow Spark (Sinthusa nasaka amba)
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Looks right for A. athada.
Large size; FW band strongly dislocated at vein 4; HW submarginals & postdiscals well separated.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks Dr Seow for the confirmation!
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Originally Posted by Psyche
Not sure which Fourline Blue, Dr Seow, is this Singapore Fourline Blue (Nacaduba pavana singapura)?
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Yes, it is N. pavana.
This is one of two species of Fourline Blue in which the bands have dark striae within the white striae.
The 2nd species (also recorded in Singapore)N. russelli have large bulging submarginal spots.
TL Seow :Cheers.
Thanks Dr Seow for the confirmation!
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Originally Posted by Psyche
Ancyra Blue (Catopyrops ancyra)
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Telicota sp. (maybe Telicota besta bina) Dr Seow please...
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Post 37.
I quite agreed it is Telicota besta bina male.
The exposed underside FW shows orange at the base of space 2. (only seen in the male of augias, besta & colon.).
The colour is yellower (although can be very difficult to tell in photos.)
The HW ground is a bit darker giving a better cotrast to the HW band.
A male T. augias with a deeper orange ground & poor contrast with the HW band.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1VOTdSSpi_...sta%2Bbina.jpg
Definitive male T. augias underside.
1. Deep orange colour.
2. Wide overlap of FW spot 3 & 4.
3. Very poorly contrasted HW band.
http://www.neutron.phys.ethz.ch/Lepi...e/IMG_2332.JPG
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks Dr Seow for the confirmation!
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Beautiful shot of the Ancyra Blue (Catopyrops ancyra):thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Nawab
The palpi looks strange though as they are not close in two of your shots :hmmm: