Butterfly Sightings in Hong Kong 2016

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43. Y. lisandra. HW lower 4 ocelli in line.

44. E. niepelti was formerly considered an aberration of E. godartii vacillaria of Borneo.
It belongs to the group including T. iapis. & is correctly now Tanaecia or Cynitia.
http://ecoregister.org/eco.pl?a=taxo...ecies=niepelti

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It was a very hot day (9 July) in HK. Some shots take along a coastal area at 企嶺下老圍 in the north-eastern part of New Territories.

45. Choaspes sp


46.Burara gomata


47. Burara oedipodae


48. Sinthusa chandrana


49. Cephrenes acalle??


50. Polytremis lubricans


51.Tajuria cippus


52. Rapala manea

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45, Choaspes benjaminii.

This & C. hemixanthus furcatus are confusingly similar & much mixed up on the web.

C. benjaminii ;Upperside bluer & basal halves greenish; Underside HW black bar(spot) in space 1b straight & parallel to inner margin.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90310010.html
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...kare_am792.jpg
http://www.hkastroforum.net/files/_mg_6260_103.jpg

C. hemixanthus furcatus is considered a full species as C. furcatus by many.( ie separated from C. hemixanthus from the Papuan region.
Upperside basal 2/3 pearly green in both sexes. HW underside bar/spot in space 1b curved upwards (ie 'hooked').
http://old.hkls.org/images/Choaspes_hemixanthus_f.jpg
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...1a_7/av115.jpg
http://www.flutters.org/home/photoga...10-awlking.jpg

49. Telicota bambusae. HW band veins not dark dusted.

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Butterfly activities in the last three weeks were disappointing in HK - expected as summer has been over.

53. Athyma selenophora


54(a) and (b) Athyma perius

54(b)


55. Hypolimnas missipus


56. Neptis clinia (TBC) ?


57. Neptis hylas


58. Charaxes bernardus


59. Zizeeria maha ?

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56. Neptis clinia is right. FW cellend triangular spot long-pointed. HW with a tiny white spot at the base of space 3 which forms the lower margin of the band. This is similar to N. hylas 57 which have a larger white spot.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720120010.html

59. Z. maha is right Z. karsandra have pale peripheral spots & FW postdiscal spots dark & in a regular arc.
Z. karsandra.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._karsandra.jpg

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60. Zizeeria karsandra


61. Zizina otis


62. Zizula hylax


63. Chilades lajus


64. Badamia exclamationis

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60, & 61 are both Zizeeria maha which show the effect of cold on development in the pupal stage.

In Z. karsandra the top three black spots are closer. ;The FW submarginal spots are flattened into lines.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...shKM_ah556.jpg
http://cdn3.fast-serve.net/cdn/themo..._600_7BKWP.jpg

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65. Dodona egeon


66. Kaniska canace


67. Arhopala birmana


Need experts to confirm the ids of the following shots.
68. Udara sp


69. Jamides sp may be J. celeno?


70. Nacaduba sp - may be N. kurava

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Post 28.

68. Udara dilecta: markings are quite consistent.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Butterf...070702066B.jpg

69. female Jamides alecto.
FW postdiscal band broken & HW basal band broken as well; FW white striae very broad.

70. N. kurava male .as for ssp theresia.
http://m6.i.pbase.com/g6/98/670198/2...6.Ev5Xy1Vr.jpg

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71(a) and (b) : Pothanthus pava ???


71(b)


72. Baoris sp ??


73. Parnara bada


74. Gerosis phisara rex


75.Dercas verhuelli


76. Lethe confusa


77. Delias pasithoe