Butterfly photos from Fraser's Hill, July 2011

[moloch]

Una usta: One on sandy flat along trail to Jeriau Falls



Udara dilecta (thanks, Seow): a few on sandy flat along trail to Jeriau Falls.



Fluffy Tit (Zeltus amasa): one or two at all sites.



Elbowed Pierrot(Caleta elna): a few at all sites.



Other lycaenids seen but not photographed included:

• A number of other small lycaenids
• a few Arhopala
• a Common Imperial
• a Yamfly

I mostly ignored the small Satyrinae. The following Common Three-Ring (Ypthima pandocus)? flew out to the bait so was an easy shot.




Other Satyrinae seen but not photographed included

• Ypthima sp.
• Mycalesis sp
• Malayan Owl (Neorina lowii): one near Jeriau Falls and one tattered individual at over-ripe bananas 8 km below the Gap.
• Xanthotaenia busiris: One briefly puddled on sandy flat along trail to Jeriau Falls.

MORPHINAE

Common Faun (Faunis canens): attracted to over-ripe bananas.


Only other Morphinae was what appeared to be a Dark Blue Jungle Glory (Thaumantis klugius) that was briefly seen along the trail to Jeriau Falls.

[atronox]

3rd shot in post #60 is a Hestina mimetica.

[The Plane]

David, I really admire you for getting so many of them in one single trip and a lot of the shots are really good too . Perhaps you can publish a Fraser's Hill Butterflies Book

[Psyche]

3rd shot in post #60 is a Hestina mimetica.

Credit to Aaron.

The Amblypodia should be A. narada.
Admittedly these 2 are very similar on the undersides, and there are a lot of confusing images on the net, but here are valid images of A. anita from Koh Samui with both upper/undersides, so there is no mis-ID.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...iMFUpUnAC1.jpg

Una usta should be correct.
There are a couple of spots missing, 2 in the forewing cell, & one on the inner margin of the hindwing, but I don't think this can be a species new to science.

The little lycaenid is Monodontides musina. ( submarginal V or chevron marks & 3 spots in line at tornus.)
This is apparently not a rare species, but one that will readily be dismissed by most photographers.

TL Seow

[Commander]

The Amblypodia should be A. narada.
Admittedly these 2 are very similar on the undersides, and there are a lot of confusing images on the net, but here are valid images of A. anita from Koh Samui with both upper/undersides, so there is no mis-ID.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...iMFUpUnAC1.jpg

The two are indeed very similar. The underside markings are also quite variable. Seow, can you re-check what I had ID'ed as A. narada earlier? This was the shot that I took at Gua Tempurung recently.

[Psyche]

The two are indeed very similar. The underside markings are also quite variable. Seow, can you re-check what I had ID'ed as A. narada earlier? This was the shot that I took at Gua Tempurung recently.

I concur with your ID, Khew.
You are right about the high variability. Even the amount of white dusting is variable. The indentation in the hindwing line in David's pic is also of no help.

The only thing I can see at the moment are 2 possible useful features.
In the correct perspective the male of A. narada have a very convex termen.
The wings of A. narada appeared to be much more heavily speckled with black.

TL Seow

[Peacock Royal]

David, you seem to have an endless collection of shots from FH

[Commander]

I concur with your ID, Khew.
You are right about the high variability. Even the amount of white dusting is variable. The indentation in the hindwing line in David's pic is also of no help.

Thanks, Seow. Will have to scrutinise the specimen that I have in my collection for the characteristics. I'll post it separately for your evaluation later.

David, you seem to have an endless collection of shots from FH

Yes indeed. David's shot more species in one week at Fraser's Hill than many of us can shoot in a year in Singapore!

[moloch]

Thanks, Aaron, Seow and Khew for the help/links with the identifications. Seow, I don't think that I would ever have matched Monodontides musina with the photo of the little blue.

Khew, it is unfortunate that the Leaf Blues don't open their wings more often. I saw the bright purple of this one in flight but the wings remained closed while it was puddling.

David, I really admire you for getting so many of them in one single trip and a lot of the shots are really good too . Perhaps you can publish a Fraser's Hill Butterflies Book

, thanks, Chng.

David, you seem to have an endless collection of shots from FH

David's shot more species in one week at Fraser's Hill than many of us can shoot in a year in Singapore!

Almost finished! I have a few skipper shots to go. Fraser's Hill is such a top place for a visit and I would recommend it to anyone. It was fun to wander around and see so many different species of butterflies. The experience was very different to my trips here in Australia.

[moloch]

Skipper #1. Hieroglyphic Skipper (Odina hieroglyphica): I could not get close to it but I was happy to see this species that was new to me. I've seen so many excellent photos of this butterfly on BC. This one was sunning itself along the creek 8 km below the Gap.




Skipper #2. Darpa striata (thanks, Seow)




Skipper #3. Here is a record shot of Malayan White Flat (Seseria affinis). It was attacted to the shrimp paste mixture along the creek 8 km below the Gap.

Khew and Loke had superb shots of this species in their Ipoh trip report at this link:
http://www.butterflycircle.com/forum...ad.php?t=11354




Skipper #4. Potanthus ganda (thanks, Seow)



Skipper #5. Telicota colon (thanks, Seow)



Skipper #6. This species was numerous on the sand flats near Jeriau Falls. Pithauria marsena