Khao Sok NP, Surat Thani, Thailand

[Angiud]

Mmmm OK, I have an underside pic of another Assyrian, I'll post to check if is different.


Assyrian

[Painted Jezebel]

I have this as Terinos atlita teuthras (Large Assyrian). I remember this specimen, and it was large.

By the way, T. clarissa is called the Malayan Assyrian.

[Psyche]

Antonio, you have a clearer shot of the Potanthus and it looks like plain old P. ganda after all.

As for the redeye,I agreed Ge geta is unlikely as such marked difference in colour would have rate a mention in the text.

However, Unkana flava need to be considered as its size would be a bit larger than M. aria.

The name flava means yellow and possibly the female may be deeper in colour. Unkana have dark eyes with a hint of red, but we don't know if this is true for all species.

Even as we ruled out Ge geta we have little info on U. flava.
What I know is that it was described as Unkana attina var. flava & later raised to full species status.
As attina now falls as a subspecies of U. ambasa, it suggests that U. flava is like a yellow form of U. ambasa.
Still seeing a pic is believing.

It looks like very high probability of it being a new species.

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

Ek-Amnuay shows both a male and female of U. flava, though only the upperside of the male, The yellow is on the upperside hindwing, and the markings of both sexes are very similar to the female of U. ambasa. I honestly believe that we can rule out this species.

[Psyche]

Ek-Amnuay shows both a male and female of U. flava, though only the upperside of the male, The yellow is on the upperside hindwing, and the markings of both sexes are very similar to the female of U. ambasa. I honestly believe that we can rule out this species.

The probability of this being an entirely new species & new genus is now 95 percent.
( 5 % for caution of unknown factor.)

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

A very interesting comment. This entire thread is down to 3 people. Myself and Antonio, who were there, and Seow. Apparently no one else is in the slightest bit interested whatsoever in this thread!!!

This is strange as we have come across many unusual species!

[bluefin]

I can only watch on the side line drooling on the new ones that I have not seen before.

More more more.








ps: emmmm should I go to chiang mai to a certain national park to get some Thai beauty

[Psyche]

Here is that 5% worth of caution.

1. Could a Matapa (red-eye; orange colour & cilia.) have mated with an Unkana ( hyaline spots; defined veins.) ?

2. Could it be an extra-Asian palm stowaway?

3. Could it have been discovered before & described in Greek somewhere ?

TL Seow

[moloch]

Excellent report, guys. It is great to see all of those species. You two must be very happy with all of your finds and photos.

Regards,

[Angiud]

A very interesting comment. This entire thread is down to 3 people. Myself and Antonio, who were there, and Seow. Apparently no one else is in the slightest bit interested whatsoever in this thread!!!

This is strange as we have come across many unusual species!

Maybe not enough 'creamy' background?



Just a joke, not so easy to keep the aesthetic of a picture at high levels deep in the jungle with a backpack, leeches and (for me) a completely wet shirt