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    Default Khao Sok NP, Thailand

    Antonio and I spent two days at Khao Sok NP in Sratthani Province. It was meant to be longer, but the weather was atrocious, the Sok river broke its banks and flowed under our chalet, and, owing to the weather forecast of another 7 days of constant rain to come, we decided to leave early.

    Of those two days, we only had about 2 hours of sunshine, so our finds were VERY limited.

    Nevertheless, we did find one or two interesting things.

    1) Tagiades toba toba. I have not been able to find any live photos on the net!
    2) Scobura woolletti. As above, and the recent Japanes book describes this as very rare, though what exactly they mean by that, I do not know. It was so small, it could easily be overlooked.
    3) Pantoporia aurelia aurelia (I think!). This was much smaller than any Panotporia I have seen before. I saw two of them in different spots, both very small.
    4) An Arhopala.(Sorry) This one was quite large for a tailless species, anf the hindwing border being so narrow has me confused. I nearly got the underside, which would have helped, but it flew off the moment I pressed the shutter.
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    Here are valid examples of Tagiades toba.(Oops, not live photos)
    http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php...e?taxid=295301

    Pantoporia aurelia can be recognised by the the hooked upper end of the forewing postdiscal band.

    In Arhopala female the brown border cut diagonally across the apex of the forewing. Not sure if there is any exception.
    Anyway the female of A. amphimuta can be ruled out.
    (Note Bornean ssp. also amphimuta.)
    http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/philframe.html

    The closest match is A. norda male.
    However, the ssp in Malaya ronda have broader border. You need to check EK-Amnuay if it matches ssp norda in your area.

    TL Seow

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    The Archduke looks to be L. dirtea merguia.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim2/721510020.html

    It doesn't match L. albopunctata.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim2/721480001.html

    TL Seow

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    Thank you, Seow. Unfortunately Pisuth only shows a male A. norda norda, but even that appears to have broader borders than mine! Pintatana only shows an underside.

    However, I did come across that species last time I was there, getting an underside only, so I know the species is at that location.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel View Post

    However, I did come across that species last time I was there, getting an underside only, so I know the species is at that location.
    That would be interesting if you can find the pic.
    I have run out of possibilities going thru both sexes of the amphimuta group as well as A. hypomuta & epimuta.

    I think it is a male as all females in the group have broad apical borders.
    The description of the male of A. sceva where the border is 0.75mm at tornus expanding to 1.25mm at apex is close, but this species is not recorded in Thailand.
    (Oops, this not close actually. It is more like 0.75mm expanding to 4mm.)

    TL Seow
    PS. The unusual colour reflection indicates it is a member of the muta subgroup.( muta = change ) . The colouration is very similar to the female of A. muta here.
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...iMFUpUnAC1.jpg
    Now I am wondering if it is a variant of A. muta.
    Last edited by Psyche; 11-Jul-2012 at 12:51 AM. Reason: PS

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    Default Sorry about the weather...

    Guys: Glad you got off your island, but sorry you encountered such drenching rain. Still, you managed to pull off some nice images. That's always encouraging. William
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    Quote Originally Posted by Psyche View Post
    That would be interesting if you can find the pic.
    It is here.

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