Samui 2012

[Angiud]

Con..grrrrrrrrrrrrr..atulations for the new record!

Here still a semi-desert and busy with my business

[Psyche]

Hypolimnas missipus have no other subspecies, and so on Yutaka & funet it is left on its own.

South in Malaya, Cethosia biblis perakana tend to have the white lunules poorly defined & so it does not look so fine.
I hope the name Batik Lacewing doesn't take hold here.
Surprisingly, one of its hostplant is the common Passiflora foetida.

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

First trip up to the waterfall for a long time. Very disappointing! Things have got to get going soon.

Two species to show, as I am not entirely convinced of their ids.
1&2) Could this be Erionota hiraca? The second photo is only shown because it shows the upperside forewing costa, which appears yellowish, which is not the case for either E. torus or E. thrax.
3) The only member of the alecto subgroup of Jamides, that I have so far found here is J. alecto. However, this specimen was much smaller than usual, and J. alecto is generally considered to be the largest of the genus arround here. Unfortunately, I only discovered that it was missing part of its hindwing when I got home .

[Psyche]

1&2 E. hiraca.
The hindwing band is irregular, the upper part narrower;apical white extend to termen.

3. This is interesting. It is Jamides ferrari.
2 species with forewing postdiscal band dislocated at the upper end at vein 6, and a completed(not dislocated) sub-basal band on the hindwing, are virgulatus & ferrari.
J. virgulatus : forewing with costal white dashes; orange patch obliterating the white stria above it.
J. ferrari : forewing without white dashes; orange patch smaller & does not cover white stria above it.

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

Thanks so much, Seow. Not such a disappointing day after all!

A +2 day!!!!

I was reasonably confident about the E. hiraca, but the Jamides ferrari evansi has really suprised me.

[Painted Jezebel]

It has been a long time since I have had anything worth posting on this thread.

At last, things appear to be picking up. I even saw another Purlisa gigantea! Unfortunately, it did not stay still long enough for a photo.

1&2) I got very excited when I saw this. The markings were nothing I could recognise. Unfortunately, I saw the upperside, and this seems to be an aberration of Duedorix epijarbus epijarbus (The Common Cornelian). Both sides show the same variation from normal.
3) I saw at least three Arhopala agaba a couple of days ago but was unable to get either a shot of any of them, or the voucher specimen I require. So I went back to the same place today and found one. It is inordinately skittish, even for an Arhopala, and I still could not get close enough for a great shot, or my voucher specimen!
4) Shot at the same place as the A. agaba, this definitely belongs to the Alea subgroup of the Cleander grouping. However, it does not seem to have the purplish wash required for A. aurelia, and CP4 states that postdiscal cell in space 6 widely overlaps the cell bar for it to be the other species of this subgroup I have found here, Arhopala selta. Help!
5) I love this species, and it was a very willing model for a change. Papilio palinurus palinurus (Banded Peacock).
6) For the first time for me, a photo of this species on vegetation! Phalanta alcippe alcippoides (Small Leopard)

[Psyche]

The Deudorix is interesting.
Do you mean the upperside also have white patches.
The Oakblue looks to be A. athada since the tornal lobe is large although slightly bent.
This P. palinurus have very narrow bands.

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

The Deudorix is interesting.
Do you mean the upperside also have white patches.


TL Seow

Oops. No. Sorry, I mean't both undersides were the same, left and right hand side. The upperside, well, I'll have to keep you waiting.

[Painted Jezebel]

The Oakblue looks to be A. athada since the tornal lobe is large although slightly bent.

TL Seow

Sorry, but I have to disagree. This was far too small to be A. athada. I have come across A. athada, A. silhetensis, & A cleander,( the cleander subgroup) and they are all far larger than this specimen. It was the same size as the species I was looking for, A. agaba!

This has to belong to the alea subgroup.

[Psyche]

In that case we go thru a process of elimination.
All these can be discounted.
A. aurelia - slatey purple wash.
A. evansi - slatey wash.
A. selta - forewing termen convex in the middle part.
A. phanda - postdiscal & submarginal bands close, hindwing.(from key)
A. normani - like-wise.( key)
A. phaenops-like-wise.( from C&P4 images.)
A. aroa. - hindwing spot 6 wide at top/much narrower at bottom.

This leaves 2 A. sublustris & A milleri, which are very similar.
This one looks lke A. sublustris.
reason: Both examples of A.milleri in C&P4 & Fleming have hindwing spot 6 wider at top & narrower at bottom.

TL Seow