Maliau Basin - Butterfly

[Bluebottle]

Beautiful environmental shots, David.

Nelson, finally you got your Silver Royal, not from Singapore, but from Malaysia . Nice catch anyway.

Now, enough of appetizer, main course please everyone

[moloch]

Here are two of the widespread and common species. We saw these often.

Tailed Jay (Graphium agamemnon)



Blue Jay (Graphium evemon)

[Glorious Begum]

You guys are fast.

A morning shot taken from the dining deck.




At evening, we were watching hornbills.

[Glorious Begum]

The Jay brothers.

Graphium evemon (Blue Jay), Graphium bathycles (Veined Jay),Graphium doson (Common Jay)




Cheritra freja (Common Imperial)



Lexias pardalis (Archduke)

[atronox]

1st lycaenid looks like a Sinthusa privata.

[WillFolsom]

Not only do you guys capture great shots, but you can get them lined up too! Looks like a fun way to spend the evening! William

[moloch]

The Jay brothers.

Graphium evemon (Blue Jay), Graphium bathycles (Veined Jay),Graphium doson (Common Jay)

Amazing shot, LC. It was nice of the three to line up like this so that the difference can be studied.

[Psyche]

The Silver Royal is stunning.

1st lycaenid looks like a Sinthusa privata.

Well done, Aaron.

TL Seow

[Common Mime]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing more.

[moloch]

Tawny Rajahs (Charaxes bernardus) were common along the Maliau River. They were the most conspicuous when it was sunny and when bait had been added to the sandy areas near the water.



Clippers (Parthenos sylvia) were also a frequent sight. They never stopped at the bait but this one did settle low on a retaining wall at the headquarters.



... not butterflies but such lovely animals. Tiger Leeches were so affectionate and just loved us. Les suggested that this would make a nice Valentine's Card. Strange, but my wife was not impressed by these.