Some Butterfly Sighting Records in 2012

[Commander]

Must be another FT wanting to come over to Singapore.

Pity there was no sign of it today.

[bluefin]

Congrats Federick!!!

[Wanderer]

congrats!

[Painted Jezebel]

Congratulations on finding the Jester, Fed. What was the habitat like in which you found it?

I'm yet to see any of this Genus up here , though it is on my list of 'possibles'.

[Psyche]

Horace is right about that Tagiades but I am intrigued about that Jamides.
Although C&P4 shows an example of J. pura with perfect alignment of the striae I have wondered if this is always so. Moreover J. pura is not considered a rare species.

As usual the net shows a huge amount of conflicting images. To make matter worst both J. celeno & J. pura are highly variable with regional differences as well.
Here is a correct image of J. pura female from Koh Phangan.
( hindwing space 6 not completely darkened. ) Note striae not perfectly aligned.
http://www.neutron.phys.ethz.ch/Lepi...e/P2060013.JPG

Here is the underside of the same specimen.
http://www.neutron.phys.ethz.ch/Lepi...e/P2060014.JPG
Note the marginal & submarginal spots are dark & the striae rather broad.

Compare with more typical J. celeno female on the right here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/federic...in/photostream

Here is another example of possibly J. pura also by Federick in 2009.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...-Caerulean.jpg

It is possible we have J. pura all along.

TL Seow

[Cruiser]

Federick, congrats on the new find

[Peacock Royal]

Great Job Federick
Do you have an upper of that 'J. celeno ? It looks a bit odd.
TL Seow

Thanks Seow.
Sorry, I don't have a proper upperside shot. But to tell you the feeling when I saw this guy fluttering around - it didn't look liike a typical J. celeno that I am sure of. It took me a while to look at the checklist to come out with the id waiting to be confirm (that;s why I put (TBC) in the filename of the shot).

Attached is another shot taken in a breeze.

[Peacock Royal]

Congratulations on finding the Jester, Fed. What was the habitat like in which you found it?
I'm yet to see any of this Genus up here , though it is on my list of 'possibles'.

Thanks Les.
This guy was seen puddling when I took a shot. The surroundng areas can be considered as forested. I spotted a Choclolate Sailor as well as an orange butterfly glidiing at the canopy level along the fringe of a fenced-up forested area yesterday morning.

I think we need a lot of luck and patience to nail this bugger again.

[Commander]

Just as you said, Federick! Hard work and luck. Just got the latest news from a lil' butt that our top butt hunter has nailed it!

So let's look forward to the post of this new discovery by this evening. Thanks to you for spotting it!

[Archduke]

Congrats Federick! for a +1