Chiang Dao March-April 2016

Very dry season, following a short and bit poor raining season and a very rigid winter.
Low activity, but our favorite spot still active, although less than usual.

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The White Commodore - Parasarpa dudu dudu

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The Green Flash ♀ - Artipe eryx eryx

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The Spot Swordtail - Graphium nomius swinhoei

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The Black Spotted Cupid - Tongeia ion

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The Large Pointed Pierrot - Niphanda tessellata tessellata

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The Gray Tinsel - Catapaecilma major albicans

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Neptis sp. (hylas??)

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The Tawny Angle - Ctenoptilum vasava vasava

And few Papilio slateri slateri, in what I think is not a ssp. but a form

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The Blue-striped Mime

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The Blue-striped Mime

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The Blue-striped Mime

Post 1.

Neptis clinia. :long-pointed cellend triangular spot; postdiscal spot well separated; HW band with small triangular spot at base of space 3.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720120010.html

TL Seow: Cheers.

Thanks dr. Seow.

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The Tawny Mime - Papilio agestor agestor

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The Golden Birdwing - Troides aeacus aeacus

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The Common Mime - Papilio clytia clytia

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The Lesser Zebra - Graphium macareus burmensis

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The Banded Blue Pierrot - Discolampa ethion ethion, a nice abberration

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The Tonkin Black Prince - Rohana tonkiniana siamensis

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Arhopala sp.

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The Common Mime ♂ - Papilio clytia form dissimilis

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The Dark Caerulean - Jamides bochus bochus

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The Common Red Flash - Rapala iarbus iarbus

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The Mottled Emigrant - Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe

Chiang Dao still looks reasonably good with number of butterflies.

Chiang Dao never disappoints :bsmile:

Post 5 no 2.
Arhopala rama. There is a certain resemblance to A. oenea but the arrangement of HW spots 5 ,6 ,& 7 are totally different.
Note on the FW band the uppermost spot 9 is small & placed on the inside.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...93d1557a34.jpg
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/.../Arhopala-rama

TL Seow : Cheers.

Thanks as always, Dr. Seow :)

Few more:

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The Fluffy Tit - Hypolycaena amasa amasa

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Twins - Pallid Nawab - Polyura arja arja

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The Golden Birdwing - Troides aeacus aeacus

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The Great Mormon ♀ - Papilio memnon agenor form agenor

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The Copper Flash - Rapala pheretima sequeira

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The Jewel Fourring - Ypthima lisandra bara

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The Talbot's Threering - Ypthima akbar

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The Common Mime - Papilio clytia clytia form onpape

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Jamides sp.

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Curetis sp.

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The Blue Admiral - Kaniska canace canace

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The Club Beak - Libythea myrrha sanguinalis

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The Yellow Pasha - Herona marathus marathus

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The Siamese Black Prince ♀ - Rohana parisatis pseudosiamensis

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The Siamese Black Prince ♀ - Rohana parisatis pseudosiamensis

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The Common Gull - Cepora nerissa dapha

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The Striped Albatross - Appias oloferna oloferna

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The Black Spotted Cupid - Tongeia ion

Post 10.

1. this can not be lisandra because the the submarginal spots are all out of line; also the dark HW fascia are very straight.

Y. lisandra .HW lower 4 spots in a straight line ; HW dark fascia if present curved /undulate.

Typical Y. lisandra HK wsf & dsf.
http://images1.fotop.net/albums/butt...lisandra_w.jpg
http://202.116.160.98:8000/Course/kc...era/04/022.jpg
http://old.hkls.org/y_lisandra.htm
http://www.ngensis.com/ngl2/105-2.JPG
This looks correct for Y. lisandra bara Thailand.
http://www.norththailandbirding.com/...ae/b1895_1.JPG
A better view of Y. lisandra bara ,Thailand
http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201504/24...3_11344481.jpg

Two other species with parallel straight dark fasciae.

Y. fasciata torone. :submarginal spots in line in a curve. Thailand.
http://www.norththailandbirding.com/...ae/b1895_1.JPG

Y. savara savara : submarginals out of line in groups of twos. ?dsf.Thailand
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BVU2cOnOzI...2B-%2B0269.jpg
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_i...himasavara.jpg

It looks like it is Y. savara.

4. Probably J. pura .The side bars on the black spot are rather long.

5. Curetis bulis ;HW potdiscal spot 6 tuck under spot 7; submarginal spots 6 & 7 in line.

TL Seow: Cheers.