Butterfly photos from Fraser's Hill, July 2011

[shapelessamoeba]

Great series! really enjoyed all the photos

[moloch]

Thanks for the identification help, Aaron and Seow. I just looked at "Butterfly of the Month - September 2009" and that helped as well. It is interesting that the two species look so similar but live in the same places.

Great series! really enjoyed all the photos

Thanks very much!


Thanks, William. I don't have many more habitat shots from this year but here is one of the Pekan Bungalow where we stayed:


... the restaurants where we ate:



... an often photographed clock tower:



Here are links to my Fraser's Hill posts from last year. These include a few more habitat and other animal shots.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/forum...ad.php?t=10230
http://www.butterflycircle.com/forum...ad.php?t=10112

[moloch]

I saw two species of maps at all three sites although they were the most frequent on the sandy area along the trail to Jeriau Falls.


Cyrestis maenalis was the more common of the two.


Cyrestis nivea



Record shot of a Vagrant (Vagrans egista)



A rather worn Royal Assyrian (Terinos terpander) lived at the first falls below the Gap.



Chersonesia rahria


Other Nymphalids seen but not photographed include:

• Pantoporia sp.
• Knight (Lebadea martha)
• Tanaecia julii
• Tanaecia sp.
• Neptis sp. (brown bands, not white)
• Cethosia sp.: seen near Jeriau Falls
• Bassarona sp.: large, brown-winged nymph seen several times but never well enough for an id.
• Rustic (Cupha erymanthis): several along creek 8 km from the Gap.

[Grass Demon]

David, your picture of the Pekan Bungalow brings back memories. It looks like it has been refurbished. I stayed there a few times in the 80s & 90s but later it became rather run down when Sin Khoon and I visited FH a few years ago. It's a nice place and conveniently located.

[moloch]

Steven,
The upper floor has been refurbished. It is now in good condition and a great place to stay. We have stayed there twice and have enjoyed it.



DANAINAE

This was one of the largest crows that I have seen. It landed on the Telekom Loop one afternoon. I think that it is Malayan Crow (Euploea camaralzeman)



Magpie Crows (Euploea radamanthus) were numerous at Jeriau Falls and the first falls below the Gap.



Striped Blue Crow (Euploea mulciber)? Common at Jeriau Falls and the first falls below the Gap.




Purple-brand King Crow (Euploea eunice): I saw a few at the first falls below the Gap. These were another large crow.




Yellow Glassy Tiger (Parantica aspasia): fairly common at Fraser's Hill.



Probably Ideopsis similis (thanks, Seow): a few seen near Jeriau Falls.

[Bluebottle]

Beautiful series and amazing number of butterflies
The Constable is gorgeous!
How many days did you stay in FH?

[Psyche]

All IDs are correct except the last.

The last Tiger is Ideopsis similis.
In P. agleoides the 2 blue subapical spots are elongate, narrow , with the upper one shorter.
Note the rounded forewing's blue spots are rounder than the commoner I. vulgaris.

This is a common species in Thailand & probably India. It is also called the Blue Glassy Tiger, and is more deserving of this name, being larger and bluer.

It has steadily make its way southwards into Selangor state, and probably even further south.

( On rechecking I am begining to have some doubts here. Here are the 2 species on the Yutaka site.)
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30150010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30160010.html

Do you have other views of this insect?

TL Seow

[WillFolsom]

Great shots of the butterflies. You had an obviously terrific holiday! The lodgings look quite impressive. Be a nice place to stay and visit! Really nice to be able to share views from new places. Thanks for downloading those pictures. William

[Painted Jezebel]

Do you have other views of this insect?

TL Seow

This specimen is confusing.

I do not think there is an end-cell spot on the fore-wing, if there is, it is far moved towards base.

Overall, I think P. agleoides is closer, but I have doubts too.

[Peacock Royal]

Wow, fantastic shots of a wide range of species.
Pity that I didn't have the time to go round FH to shoot.