It was nothing happening where Federick shot his. My hunch tells me they must be somewhere in the adjacent forest . Decided to go in there for a hunt instead of the fruitless wait. .....must have covered 3-4 kilometers....the Butterfly Fairy smiled ...and saw this fluttering in the bush.
Not the best of specimen I must admit, with the right hind wing torn... nevertheless it should be good enough to confirm that we have Symbrenthia hippoclus selangorana on our island. This appears to be a female. Upper and lower wing markings confirm with Pisuth Plate 158 N32 Symbrenthia hippoclus selangorana
The location of this shot was quite far away and deep in the forest from where Federick nailed his. .... There were other specimen around but they were all high and dry and just refused to come down to entertain me.
It is a rather small butterfly about the size of the Lasippa tiga siaka (The Malayan Lascar). It has the same flap-and-glide flight characteristic of the Lascar and it is almost indistinguishable in flight . It is very skittish and a high flyer.
Will bring a director chair and a cool box of beer to wait them out the next round!
Symbrenthia hippoclus selangorana or Symbrenthia lilaea luciana ??
Record shot upper forewing marking
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