A new, interesting destination in a remote part of Northern Thailand, very close to the Laos border and rich of uncommon and sometimes rare species.

Despite the lack of a good knowledge of the area, thanks to the help of the Thai butterfly expert Prasobsuk (Ting) Sukkit, we manage to get several good to very good finds, although the weather was not exactly good.



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The Jungle Queen - Stichophtalma luisa cfr. mathilda
The real queen of the trip, huge and unexpected find at Khun Nan National Park




The Mimic Flat - Abraximorpha davidii esta
A Flat mimiking a Abraxas moth




The Purple Leaf Blue - Amblypodia anita anita
Locally common but nice color and large size




The Chocolate Commodore - Auzakia danava danava
A lifer for me, once not so rare, now much more difficult to find in North Thailand




The Masae's Silverline - Spindasis masaeae
Beautiful and very rare species, this is the first record outside Doi Suthep and remarkably widens the geographic dispersion of this species




The Crenulate Darkie - Allotinus drumila cf. apthonius