Sumball's butterflies 2011

[Painted Jezebel]

I must agree with Seow in that there is a definite doubt as to this being Z. storeyi. I attach a photo of Z. zeus optima and, to my mind, the end cell markings match this far more closely. I have no photo of Z. xenon, so I can not express any opinion on that species.

[Psyche]

I must agree with Seow in that there is a definite doubt as to this being Z. storeyi. I attach a photo of Z. zeus optima and, to my mind, the end cell markings match this far more closely. I have no photo of Z. xenon, so I can not express any opinion on that species.

Great, you have a nice shot of Z. zeus optima.
The small spot in space 6 may be missing or very faint (as seen in your pic).
Althugh ssp optima is found mainly in north Malaya, there is no reason it can not be found farther south.
This could also be a variation of ssp zeus.

I don't think this can be Z. zenon(spelling error in my previous post) as the large spot is quite quadrate in shape. In zenon this is suposed to be more rectangular.
Z. zenon is so rare in Malaya that only one specimen is known, caught by Fleming perhaps half a century ago.

TL Seow

[Psyche]

Zela elioti is also a possibility as it can also have that yellowish cell-end mark on the hindwing though not so prominent.
More importantly, its forewing do not have the small white spot in space 6 that is usually seen in Zela zeus.

TL Seow

[Common Mime]

Sorry for the misleading title on the individual photo. Correction made.

Thanks Seow and les for the discussion on the skipper. I did not know what I shot and asked Federick what this is when I bump into him. It did not give me a second chance to photography it.

Below are the rest of the shots on Saturday at USR.

[Common Mime]

[Psyche]

Sorry for the misleading title on the individual photo. Correction made.

Thanks Seow and les for the discussion on the skipper. I did not know what I shot and asked Federick what this is when I bump into him. It did not give me a second chance to photography it

Lets hope someone will chance upon it again.
The Zela skippers are so rare in Singapore that the record for Z. storeyi lies in Khew's and Sunny's hands, while the record for Z. cowani(forewing without spot) is a single male back in 1939.
Your shot looks likely to be a new species.

The last 3 pics are quite interesting as it is a male Malayan 5-ring and 2 female Common 5-ring & shows the startling contrast in appearance.

TL Seow

[Common Mime]

[Commander]

Woah! For a moment there, I thought you'd shot that Iraota distanti in Singapore! It's been a long long time since I saw the one and only specimen here in the Central Catchment.

Nice shots you've got there, esp the RBBs.

[Archduke]

I paused at the I.distanti for a while. Until I saw the RB below and figured that it wasnt in Singapore. on the catch!

[Blue Jay]

Magnificent shots of the RB and me!