Chiang Dao, (Northern Thailand) March 2015

We spent 2 or 3 days shooting at Chiang Dao.
Let me begin with some shots.
1. Cigaritis seliga or C. lohita?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psoocwj7uh.jpg

2. Which Heliophorus?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pstdezei3f.jpg

3 and 4. Male Indian Fritillary (Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psrnanrzor.jpg

4.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps7uf1ptwj.jpg

5. The Dusky Bushblue ([I]Arhopala paraganesa[/I?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psouqusdjf.jpg

6. Angled Sulfer (Dercas gobrias)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psy6uzayc8.jpg

7. Gerosis bhagava bhagava (The Common White Flat)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pswraab1uw.jpg

8. Yellow Tinsel (Catapaecilma subochrea)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psanotpika.jpg

1.C. lohita.
In seliga the black tornal spot is red-rimmed on the inside margin but this is often folded over.
In addition, the male has the marginal areas sullied, & the HW submarginal band reaching the costa.
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ci...aMFUpUnAC1.jpg

2. H.eventa. FW cross band rather irregular & colour dingier.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/81510001.html

5. A. paraganesa.

6. Dercas verhuelli.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/pie/20500010.html

The sundainian form in peninsular Thailand & Sundaland are separated as D. gobrias.
D. gobrias from Malaya.
http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/89746760

TL Seow:cheers:

Fed, where did you photograph the Heliophorus species? H. eventa is only known in Thailand from the extreme top of Doi Pha Hom Pok, though it is expected to be found at the extreme top of Doi Lang as well.

This one, from the top of Doi Pha Hom Pok, should be H. evanta, but upperside is the only safe difference

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2923/...84cbab7f_c.jpg
The Dusky Sapphire - ผีเสื้อขมิ้นกับปูนสีมัว

Lc Goh should have a good upperside of evanta

Les, I shot it at Chiang Dao "square"

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Originally Posted by Peacock Royal

We spent 2 or 3 days shooting at Chiang Dao.
Let me begin with some shots.


2. Which Heliophorus?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pstdezei3f.jpg

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Admittedly an upperside is needed for confirmation, but this pix has a good probability to be H. eventa.
Yutaka's male captured near the same area show two similar features.
1 The FW band is strongly undulate.
2. The HW red band's inner margin is less crenulate ,sullied & with the white lunules mostly obsolete.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/81510001.html

There are examples of H. brahma mogoka which look similar.
Below one which the FW band is slightly undulate & the HW band better defined.
http://khaoyaim2.exblog.jp/22058258


Post 4, Antonio pix is more typically H. brahma mogoka.
In the 3rd similar species H. androcles all valid examples with upper confirmation has the FW band nearer the cellend though this is unlikely to be absolute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...MunsiariUp.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...MunsiariUn.jpg
(This gets very confusing : The website below shows androcles with extensive blue sheen, long HW red band, & underside FW band midway.)
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/gooaojyun/c/68...6a10b373868e/1

I 'm not sure of the underside of H. hybrida.
Tytler described the upperside as brassy green & the HW red band narrower than in brahma.
He suggest a possible hybrid of brahma & androcles.

TL Seow:cheers:

This is the upperside of the same Heliophorus, got at the top of Doi Pha Hom Pok (Picture by Lc Goh) :)

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Originally Posted by Angiud

This is the upperside of the same Heliophorus, got at the top of Doi Pha Hom Pok (Picture by Lc Goh) :)

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It would look like the FW band's undulation is a red herring.

Then this observation is probably correct: The HW postdiscal band is strongly undulate in eventa & usually straight in brahma.

H. eventa from China.
http://www.douban.com/note/188147811/

H. brahma mogoka Thailand.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jan_f_...n/15907565886/
An example of brahma with the HW band undulate but not strongly.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...e737f775-1.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.

Federick, if you don't mind I'll use the same thread for my Chiang Dao pics...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7670/...a823d79d_c.jpg
The Green Flash ♂ - Artipe eryx eryx

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7722/...8a125319_c.jpg
The Common Tailed Sulphur ♀ - Dercas verhuelli doubledayi

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7603/...bea2d9fe_c.jpg
The Burmese Batwing ♂ - Atrophaneura varuna zaleucus - Unusual white patches almost completely faded

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7622/...90ece29d_c.jpg
The Karen Silverline ♀ - Cigaritis maximus

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7684/...d62210b0_c.jpg
The Karen Silverline ♀ - Cigaritis maximus

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7611/...03455f67_c.jpg
The Common Gaudy Baron ♂ - Euthalia lubentina lubentina

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5348/...b8997372_c.jpg
The Indian Orange Albatross - Appias galba

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8789/...a68e4a74_c.jpg
The Common Guava Blue - Virachola isocrates

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8823/...13521bf0_c.jpg
The Large Oakblue - Arhopala amantes amatrix

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8764/...4c4ce2ae_c.jpg
The Grey Tinsel - Catapaecilma major albicans

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7721/...fa1d70f4_c.jpg
The Saffron - Mota massyla

Antonio, very nice shot of a pristine Saffron - I was besides Chng saw it but didn't have the chance to fire off any shot.

Let me continue with some other shots taken at Chiang Dao

9. Neptis nashona aagaardi (The Long-stick Sailor)?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psibprz3v4.jpg

10. Yerbury's Sailor (Neptis yerburii pandoces)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psoqtjf8ht.jpg

11.Plain Sailor (Neptis cartica burmana)?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pscsepbkst.jpg

12. Spotted Palmfly (Elymnias malelas malelas)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pstzqz4npn.jpg

13. Which Arhopala sp ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pswrrfhkd6.jpg

14 and 15 : Cream Spotted Sailor (Neptis soma shania)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pse0irtuba.jpg

15. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psrjyzfuy1.jpg

Post 12.

No. 9 & 11 as it is.
No. 13 Arhopala alax.
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/expe.../arhopalaalax/

14 & 15. Phaedyma columella martabana.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720470010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html

TL Seow :Cheers.

Thanks Dr Seow

16. Suffused Flash (Rapala suffusa suffusa)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psmwgto3d5.jpg

17. Copper Flash (Rapala pheretima petosiris)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pscrjn9ose.jpg

18. Nacaduba angusta albida
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pstfsgv7qt.jpg

19. Nacaduba sp ??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psr3lhhart.jpg

20. Nacaduba sp?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psnmy2muee.jpg

21. Cigaritis maximus (The Karen Silverline)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pshgmapprd.jpg

22. Ypthima sp ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pscij27odv.jpg

19 Nacaduba pactolus continentalis.
Only other 4-line blue without dark striae in band in which tornal black spot has metallic blue scales. The other is N. angusta.
(Two other with dark striae in the bands N. pavana & russelli also have metallic blue scales in the black spot.)

20. Jamides bochus bochus.
Spike in HW space 1b indicates Jamides; FW postdiscal band dislocated at all points.

22. Likely dsf Ypthima lisandra. HW spots may be obsolete in dsf.
HW twin dark bands widely separated .
http://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/g...20lisandra.jpg
In Y. baldus the bands on the HW are closer in the upper part.
http://www.malaeng.com/blog/wp-conte...ma-baldus1.jpg

TL Seow:Cheers.

Post 12 no 10
Neptis soma shania.
The ID for N. soma states the FW submarginal spots curved in above vein 6 ie the upper three.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html

Neptis yerburii pandoces is now N. capnodes pandoces.
Smetacek 2011 had confirmed Eliot's suspicion that the type specimen of taxon yerburii ,a female is an extreme dsf of N. nata.
Taxon yerburii falls as a ssp of N. nata.
As taxa capnodes & pandoces (formerly as ssp of yerburii)have different male genitalia from N. nata, they are elevated to N. capnodes capnodes & N. capnodes pandoces.
Yutaka has follow suit.
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/...d817000000.pdf
Neptis capnodes pandoces has rather broad bands & the FW submarginals form an even curve at the top.

TL Seow :Cheers.
PS. Neptis capnodes pandoces fig. 14, , Bulletin of the British Museum. Eliot.
http://archive.org/stream/bulletinof.../n368/mode/1up

Thanks Dr Seow for your elaborations.

23. Golden Ace (Thoressa masoni)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pslvqu27qa.jpg

24. Common-Awl-(Hasora badra badra)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psvri4txyd.jpg

25. Common Orange Awlet (Burara harisa harisa)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pstvrf4qvr.jpg

26. The Orange-tailed Awl (Bibasis sena)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psvn8wj9yz.jpg

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

28. Grey Pie Flat (Coladenia laxmi)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psgkbg0cje.jpg

29. Gerosis bhagava bhagava (The Common White Flat)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psyrxra2h1.jpg


30. Is this a Rapala ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psjkqbfebq.jpg

Post 17.

30. Female Rapala iarbus iarbus.
orange cilia; HW postdiscal band a slanted stripe in space 1b.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83890001.html

TL Seow: CHeers.

Yes, I should have thought if it is R. iarbus
Last few shots from my CM trip.

31. Two Nawabs - left should be Common Nawab (P. athamas athamas) and the right looks like P. arja arja ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pstrji0l7h.jpg


32. Club Beak (Libythea myrrha sanguinalis)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psqshlcnfb.jpg

33. Graphium aristeus hermocrates (Striped Swordtail)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pspq33pjtq.jpg

34. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton(Scarce Tawny Rajah)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psotyhzs29.jpg

Post 19 31.
The one on the right is obviously P.arja.
The one on the left should be arja as well.
A line drawn along the outer margin of the FW band upwards will cut midway thru the discal spot.
In athamas it cut out most of the discal spot.
In addition the FW apex is rounder & the termen not so strongly concave as in athamas.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60080001.html
Compare with the one below in which a drawn line exclude most of the spot; FW apex sharp & termen more concave.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126083...posted-public/

The warm setting have caused a strong yellow tone which is confusing.
The underside markings of the two species are practically identical.

TL Seow: Cheers.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8895/1...0293d797_c.jpg
The Yellow Pasha - Herona marathus marathus

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/314/18...8c771d77_c.jpg
The Pale Grass Blue - Zizeeria maha maha

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7752/1...2af68f2a_c.jpg
The Zebra blue - Leptotes plinius - Aberration

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8803/1...f9a8c85d_c.jpg
The Zebra blue - Leptotes plinius - Aberration

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7773/1...40d94fd8_c.jpg
The Indigo Flash - Rapala varuna orseis

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7793/1...dfe1ae63_c.jpg
The Dark Cupid - Tongeia potanini potanini

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7775/1...de08ce74_c.jpg
The Sylhet Oakblue - Arhopala sylhetensis sylhetensis

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/467/18...1d1ac734_c.jpg
The Violetdisc Oakblue - Arhopala epimete duessa

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8777/1...7506a119_c.jpg
The Blue-striped Mime - Papilio slateri slateri

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8825/1...2e8c1aa1_c.jpg
The Blue-striped Mime - Papilio slateri slateri

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7739/1...33ee7e77_c.jpg
The Angled Pierrot - Caleta decidia decidia

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8877/1...b62cbcab_c.jpg
The Brown Awl - Badamia exclamationis