Doi Suthep Pui, Chiang Mai on 15, 19 and 21 March 2015

Let me begin with some skipper shots.
1. Sebastonyma susthepiana (Doi Suthep's Ace)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pswdjbpe9q.jpg

2.Iton watsonii (The Watson's Wight)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps5pas7jgt.jpg

3. Polytremis discreta discreta (Himalayan Swift)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pspbzhe9bb.jpg

4. Sebastonyma pudens (Tufted Ace)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psqt0so1gd.jpg

5. Darpa hanria (The Hairy Angle)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps2alk8t5y.jpg

6. The Nonsuch Palmer (Creteus cyrina cyrina)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psfptqhsgw.jpg

7. Tagiades cohaerens cynthia (Evans Snow Flat) ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psvlo306jf.jpg

8. ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psr8sybheg.jpg

7. T. cohaerens is right. FW spot 3 absent & abdomen banded black & white.

8. Parnara ganga. (correction: typo error)
P. bada has reduced spots & P. apostata is almost black.
All correct images of P. guttata have the spots neatly in line.
HK examples.
http://www.pbase.com/dancy/image/84573956
http://old.hkls.org/p_ganga.htm
http://old.hkls.org/p_guttata.htm

TL Seow :Cheers.

Thanks Dr Seow

9. Angled Sunbeam (Curetis acuta dentata)?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psrbdm5i2g.jpg

10.Which Udara species ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psgwairscn.jpg

11. The Veined Jay (Graphium chironides chironides)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psusqom2ch.jpg

12. Which Horaga ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psd6abs7ah.jpg

13. Allotinus drumila sukhumalindi (Crenulate Darkie)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pswf3hxglg.jpg

14. Dodona egeon egeon (Orange Punch)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psh5bwiggi.jpg

15.Dodona deodata deodata (White Punch)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psnb5st5f6.jpg

16. Ticherra acte acte (Blue Imperial)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psufjb7vvu.jpg

I love the punches and the nonsuch palmer (interesting name) is very mysterious looking...

No. 9 . Curetis bulis intermediate dsf.

In C. bulis the discal band in HW space 6 & 7 is far from the cellend mark .
The band may curved towards it.
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com...is%20bulis.htm
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-stpJ5uD5xL...s+stigmata.jpg

In C. acuta dentata the same band is very close to the cellend mark & may form an almost straight band with it.
http://flutters.org/home/photogaller...icture&id=2323
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cu...aMMUpUnAC1.jpg

Ssp dentata is raised by some to full species as C. dentata.
This appears justifiable as the typical C. acuta in China (ssp acuta) & Japan (ssp paracuta) are quite different.

No. 10 . Udara dilecta. fairly typical markings.

TL Seow:cheers:
PS No. 12 Horaga onyx.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8827/...095df8c1_c.jpg
The Doi Suthep's Ace - Sebastonyma suthepiana

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7585/...fa021b77_c.jpg
The Common Imperial - Cheritra freja evansi

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7622/...c9165e04_c.jpg
The Orange Punch ♂ - Dodona egeon egeon

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7596/...c01d51a2_c.jpg
Arhopala sp.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7609/...da92957c_c.jpg
The Spotted Snow Flat - agiades menaka menaka

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7713/...20833c34_c.jpg
The Blue Gem ♀ - Poritia erycinoides trishna

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8797/...416d2ae2_c.jpg
The Great Eggfly ♀ - Hypolimnas bolina jacintha

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8819/...9e688410_c.jpg
The Common Plum Judy - Abisara echerius paionea

Post 6 no. 4
Arhopala arvina.
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhopal...oeFUpUnAC1.jpg

TL Seow:Cheers.

Thanks Dr.Seow :cheers:

Thanks Dr Seow. A few more shots taken at Doi Suthep

17. Neptis cartica burmana (The Plain Sailor)?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psd43huvpw.jpg
18. Its undersides
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psvudnksu7.jpg

19. Neptis clinia susrata (The Clear Sailor) ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps5jjicceu.jpg


20. Lethe sinorix sinorix (Red-tailed Forrester)?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psr4h110kg.jpg

These were taken at Mae Jo on 19 March.

21. Much smaller but shaped like a Brown Awl (Badamia exclamationis/. What is this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psafa8fzbr.jpg

22. Rapala pheretima petosiris (Copper Flash)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pscjgzoh8e.jpg

23. Another Rapala pheretima petosiris (Copper Flash)?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps1yadk1gi.jpg

24. Its uppersides
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psxxl5kwyh.jpg

Post 9.

17 Neptis cartica burmana.
19. Neptis nata adipala. FW cellbar abruptly narrowed into a thin stalk; FW postdiscal spots 2 & 3 widely separated.
HW band without the small white spot at the base of space 4 of clinia.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720120010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720190010.html
20. Lethe sinorix HW ocellus 4 forms angle to the others; in L. kansa it forms an even curve.
21. Suada swerga. variably suffused with white on the underside.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8087/8...e48e210f_c.jpg
23 & 24 Rapala manea . In R. scintilla male only the HW is blue-shot. Underside purple-wash may be slight.

TL Seow:Cheers.

Cleaning my Flickr I found this unidentified Arhopala, although I remember I've posted somewhere...

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8744/...c9bc8e8e_c.jpg
Arhopala sp.

Arhopala agaba from the purplish sheen and the post-discal band from space 3 to 7 on the hindwing being in line.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by atronox

Arhopala agaba from the purplish sheen and the post-discal band from space 3 to 7 on the hindwing being in line.

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The outer series of spots are the ones called postdiscal spots.
What is in line is the discal spot in space 3 (correction :space 2 actually) , cellend bar & postdiscal spots 6 & 7.

Postdiscal spots 6 & 7 are actually discal in position but conventionally called postdiscal ,as a continuation of the postdiscal spots from 2, 3, 4, & 5.

TL Seow:Cheers.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Psyche

The outer series of spots are the ones called postdiscal spots.
What is in line is the discal spot in space 3 , cellend bar & postdiscal spots 6 & 7.

Postdiscal spots 6 & 7 are actually discal in position but conventionally called postdiscal ,as a continuation of the postdiscal spots from 2, 3, 4, & 5.

TL Seow:Cheers.

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Thx for the clarification, Dr Seow,

I see some irony in the notation in that the spots cannot be simultaneously called "discal" and "post-discal" like in this situation where they are part of two different rows of spots as that would sound contradictory. Also, the cell was actually longer than what I had previously imagined so that crucial area would now fall under "discal". Sometimes it's hard to tell the exact size of the cell. :)

Thanks.... one more from Doi Suthep

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8749/...b6ddec67_c.jpg
Unidentified Skipper

Post 15.

Arnetta atkinsoni.
http://www.flutters.org/home/photoga...mazumder_3.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.