Butterfly photos from Fraser's Hill, July 2011

[Commander]

The last Baron is interesting. It looks like it should be the female of E. eriphylae.
The hindwing lacks the black dots, & the forewing submarginal fascia is dislocated in space 2.

I'll defer to your ID on this one, Seow, as I didn't have my C&P4 with me. I recall that Fleming classified E. eriphylae as "Rare", so David's got a rarity here.

[Psyche]

I'll defer to your ID on this one, Seow, as I didn't have my C&P4 with me. I recall that Fleming classified E. eriphylae as "Rare", so David's got a rarity here.

I am not certain of the ID since C&P4's description and the Yutaka website both shows eriphylae's upper spots should be large.

TL Seow

[Commander]

I am not certain of the ID since C&P4's description and the Yutaka website both shows eriphylae's upper spots should be large.

Thanks, Seow. From my own observations over the years, the spots on the females of the Euthalia appear to be very variable. In particular, I've had the chance of examining the females of the more common E. aconthea which showed a range of variability that could even suggest another species or cause a misidentification!

Read my recent blog article here -> http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/...bility-of.html

So I wonder if this variability also extends to other species in the genus. If so, then there's a high possibility that you're right with the ID, especially submarginal fascia's dislocation at space 2, which appears to be a more distinctive (and consistent) feature than the spots.

[Psyche]

Thanks for your bloglink, Khew. I was looking for valid pics of E. aconthea gurda to compare.

Your pics. show the black submarginal dots are & a couple of subapical/costal white spots are quite consistent.

From these and the other clue, I am fairly confident of the ID.

TL Seow

[moloch]

Thanks, Seow. From my own observations over the years, the spots on the females of the Euthalia appear to be very variable. In particular, I've had the chance of examining the females of the more common E. aconthea which showed a range of variability that could even suggest another species or cause a misidentification!

Read my recent blog article here -> http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/...bility-of.html

Thanks, Khew, for the link with excellent photos. The females certainly vary a great deal in pattern.

[Glorious Begum]

Wow, you really found a lot of species there. And many Nawabs too.

[Psyche]

Amazingly you have a shot of P. moori (no 4) which I dont think anyone has done before.
Although not considered rare in the book, this species have proved very elusive.

No 5 is P. hebe.

TL Seow

[moloch]

Amazingly you have a shot of P. moori (no 4) which I dont think anyone has done before.
Although not considered rare in the book, this species have proved very elusive.

No 5 is P. hebe.

TL Seow

Thanks, Seow. I guess that explains why the pale area on the wings was larger than in the shots of P. athamas.