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Looks like quite a few +'s for Semakau today. I think Ben also nailed one of the Pelopidas. Great shots of the Blue Pansy. I'm sure we can use one of these excellent upperside shots for the 2nd edition of the book.
The Brown looks like a M. perseus. Anyone has any views?
I've got a Jamides sp. and also a Dark Glassy Tiger (anyone shot it as well?) that I'll post later. So looks like a +3 or more!
Our checklist for Semakau was at 40 species so far.
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Skipper sp
Blue Pansy - Female underside
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Some record shots to add to the outing.
The Dark Glassy Tiger and the Common Caerulean are additions to the Checklist.
1. Female Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya wallacei)
2. Looks like a Taractrocera archias quinta - ??
3. Looks like Contiguous Swift (Polytremis lubricans lubricans)
4 Tawny Coster (Acraea violae)
5 and 6 : Yellow Palm Dart (Cephrene trichopepla) ?
7. Tailless Line Blue (Prosotas dubiosa lumpura)
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My shots from the outing today.
Junonia orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy Female)
Junonia orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy Female)
Junonia orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy Male)
Junonia orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy Male)
Danaus genutia genutia (Common Tiger)
Danaus genutia genutia (Common Tiger)
Pelopidas sp (Same as Loke's in post #1?)
Large Dart (Potanthus serina)
Last edited by Yamfly; 22-Aug-2011 at 10:59 PM. Reason: Amended IDs
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Those of you who were asking James K, who was with us on the outing, about his blog, it can be found here - Singapore Nature
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Here's my contributions for the trip...
Gram Blue
Lesser Grass Blue
Tawny Coster
Palm Bob
Blue Pansy
Cher Hern
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Post 1
1. Great Swift Pelopidas assamensis. Typical colour spotting, white band on the antenna.
2 & 3. This is the one tentatively ided as Potanthus mingo.
Note the black spots edging the bands much as in P. trachala .
( Correction: This is actually P. trachala )
Post 2
M. perseus as Khew indicated.
Post 3
8. Large Dart P. serina female. Note disparity of the 2 spots in space 4 & 5 not so great as in the male; hindwing band here slightly aberrant.
11. Telicota colon female. : Underside yellowish & margins of spots in forewing band strongly concave.
Post 5
MaleT. colon. Note strongly concave margins of forewing spots.
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Last edited by Psyche; 23-Aug-2011 at 02:10 AM. Reason: correction to 2 & 3
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Post 6
This is an interesting one. The dart here is rather orange compared to the dull yellowish/ochre underside of P. omaha.
The hindwing band is very lightly darkened on the underside.
The periphery of both wings have the veins hardly darkened whereas in P. omaha it is strongly so.
The spot in space 8 is half that of the spots in space 6 & 7.
I believed this is Potanthus juno male.
The Jamides should J. pura.
Note the lines are perfectly in line whereas in J. celeno they are out of alignment.
The upperside is visible & the forewing tip slightly bluish and not completely black or dark brown as in the J. celeno male.
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Last edited by Psyche; 21-Aug-2011 at 01:17 AM.
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3. Contiguous Swift
5. Telicota besta female.: Note greenish yellow underside & lightly darkened veins across hindwing band.(Correction: This should be T. colon female: Note concave margins and shape of spots 4 & 5)
6. Telicota colon male: Note strongly concave margins of forewing spots.
And finally 2. P. confucius says.
Be Confused No More
For I Have Come.
Gaze Upon My Splendour And Rejoice
All Ye Who Had Abandon Hope.
Note apiculus at tip of antenna; presence of big spot in space 7 of hindwing; hindwing cell-spot not crescentic, ruling out Taractoceras.
Veins not darkened across band and forewing spots continuous; hindwing with a big spot in space 6.
TL Seow
Last edited by Psyche; 22-Aug-2011 at 12:14 PM. Reason: Correction of 5
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