Went butts hunting in CCA with Khew on this Third Day of Lunar New Year
and managed to achieve record shots of the Blue Jay, Taractrocera ardonia lamia (pics 1, 2 and 3) and E. simulatrix tecmessa. Khew's help was instrumental in getting the +1 for the skipper as I would have dismissed it as another dartlet or bush hopper active in the vicinity.
As Khew was shooting the skippers on the stream bank, I checked up the vegetation at the nearby trail, and shot this Nacaduba species (pic 4) from a distance on the mile-a-minute plant. At that time I thought it was a common or dark caerulean, but now a closer look at home seems to suggest a possible ID of either the Rounded 6-line blue or N. calauria malayica. What do you think?
20-Feb-07 CCA
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