Fraser's Hill Outing - 7-10 Aug 2011

[Commander]

hahaha, anything but that embarrassing shot please :P

He won't post it here. He'll post it on our blog article so that the whole world can see?

[moloch]

David, the Rajah Brookes are feeding on some leftovers of someones barbeque. They are located at the falls near the big lake. I added some river water to the BBQ leftovers, and it worked like a charm. The Rajah Brookes puddled in about 10mins.

Thanks, Anthony, for the information. I will have to keep that in mind for bait on the next trip. Also, will have to stop at this falls.

The Malayan Owl was attracted to our bait, and came back for at least 3 rounds. The RBBs didn't puddle till the charcoal area got wet. Then they came in numbers! Another place where you can see them puddle can be found on our latest blog article - Kuala Woh. There, they appeared to puddle for the whole day!

As for the Pallid Faun, it was also the first time I've seen it puddling on our bait. They usually go for rotting fruits and lurk around deep forest shade. This individual had a unique behaviour.

Thanks for the info, Khew. I will try to bait the Pallid Faun in the forest on my next trip. Also, I will check on Kuala Woh. If it is not too far from Fraser's, then I might try a quick trip to see the puddling RBBs.


Khew, those were excellent photos of the Malayan Owl.

Anthony, the colour of that Chocolate Albatross was very nice.

Loke, I like that dawn shot. Were you up that early to go birding? The dawn chorus at Fraser's is always good.

[Commander]

Some more records shots...
37. The Circe

Seow, I also got some record shots of this fella. From my own notes, Malaysia only has Hestina mimetica ruvanella. Someone who shot this at Fraser's Hill labeled it as Hestina nama. I know of no record that Malaysia has H. nama. Thailand has H. nama which looks similar. How does one distinguish between the two species?

Are they the same species or there are updates to the checklist for Malaysia that I may have missed?

[Psyche]

Nice photos Loke, as always.

No. 28 is Zemeros flegyas albipunctatus ( The Common Punchinello).

I have to question your id of No. 26. The blue band appears the wrong shape to me. To my mind it is closer to a male of the much more interesting Euthalia ipona. I wonder what Seow makes of it?

Agreed L26 is E. ipona. E. phemius is similar but have white streaks on the forewing.

More interestingly is L27 Spindasis or Cigaritis seliga.(Correction :this is S. kutu:the 2 postdiscal bands on forewing are open (as in S. syama)
Note forewing pale marginal line obliterated; submarginal pale area very narrow.
More importantly the hindwing submarginal brown band reaches the upper wing margin. (In S. lohita it falls short.)

L30. I have been unable to differentiate accurately eumolphus & horsfieldi based on the underside.
I'll hazard a quess this is A. horsfieldi since on the hindwing, the postdiscal spot in space 5 & the cellend bar are far apart.

TL Seow

[Psyche]

Seow, I also got some record shots of this fella. From my own notes, Malaysia only has Hestina mimetica ruvanella. Someone who shot this at Fraser's Hill labeled it as Hestina nama. I know of no record that Malaysia has H. nama. Thailand has H. nama which looks similar. How does one distinguish between the two species?

Are they the same species or there are updates to the checklist for Malaysia that I may have missed?

Yutaka specimens are all from the north of the country and are H. nama.
In . nama the line of postdiscal spots on the hindwing arched upwards so there a black oval space between and the submarginal dots.
IN H. mimetica the postdiscal spots run parallel to the submarginal dots.

I am surprised that H. mimetica is not found in southern Thailand.

TL Seow

[Bluebottle]

Thanks Les, Seow for the ID

[Bluebottle]

Loke, I like that dawn shot. Were you up that early to go birding? The dawn chorus at Fraser's is always good.

No. Perhaps we are just eager for butterfly hunting and woke up early. We can hear the birds singing in the morning but we didn't venture into the forest trail.

Sharing a little video shoot at the Jeriau Waterfall. These Chocolate Albatross are skittish.

[Yamfly]

No. Perhaps we are just eager for butterfly hunting and woke up early. We can hear the birds singing in the morning but we didn't venture into the forest trail.

Sharing a little video shoot at the Jeriau Waterfall. These Chocolate Albatross are skittish.

Nice video! They are hyper sensitive to any slight movements and I almost gave up shooting them.

[Yamfly]

Our outing on the third day was cut short by the heavy downpour in the afternoon. We headed back to the apartment and spent the time editing photos and watching the discovery channel.

We headed to Ye Olde Smokehouse in the evening for dinner.

A shot of my main course, Grilled Salmon.


Looks of satisfaction after dinner. (....well at least for most )

[Yamfly]

The last day was the most rewarding. We encountered butts in great varieties. The Jewel Nawab and the Malayan Owl are no doubt, in my opinion, stars of the whole outing.

Sharing the last batch of my pics.

Iambrix salsala salsala


Doleschallia bisaltide (Autumn Leaf)


Ionolyce helicon


Pithauria marsena? As stated in post #63?


Common Nawab (Polyura athamas)


Polyura delphis concha (Jewel Nawab)


Neorina Lowii neophyta (Malayan Owl)