Blue Jay's butterflies Dec 2011/2012

[Blue Jay]

beautiful picture of the bluebottle!

love the texture of the wings and the background.

Thanks Lemon for the compliment

You can see from the hindwing & forewing spots it is a Palm Dart,Telicota.
The forewing shape & whitish abdomen indicates a female.

You can ruled out T. linna female (hindwing veins not darkened) & T. colon female (forewing spot4 & 5 oddly shaped or split)

There is not enough dark shading to suggest T. ohara.

In T. besta female the hindwing underside is strongly greenish dull yellow/ochre.

It is the female of T. augias.

TL Seow

Thanks Uncle Seow for the IDs.

[Blue Jay]

ID needed, thanks.

1: Common Sailor?
2: Telicota sp.

[Blue Jay]

08 Dec 2012

Common Tigers (males) - form intermedius




Blue Pansy (male)


Lesser Grass Blues

[Bluebottle]

Beautiful series, Brian. Your shots are getting better and better

[Psyche]

The shape of the forewing spots with the long 'tails' is typical of the Common Palm Dart Telicota colon.

TL Seow

[MinuteMaid]

nice shots from today brian!

glad you had fun there.

[Blue Jay]

'tails'

Uncle Seow, thanks for the ID. Are you referring to the 2 spots at the forewing apex?

[Blue Jay]

Beautiful series, Brian. Your shots are getting better and better

nice shots from today brian!

glad you had fun there.

Thanks Lemon and Uncle Loke for the encouraging words.

[Blue Jay]

OK, this is most likely the last set of photos for this thread.

Blue Pansy (male)


Jacintha Eggfly (male)

[WillFolsom]

Brian:

Well done. Great strides over the last year. Looking forward to seeing
what you can do in 2013! William