Some Butterfly Sighting Records in 2012

[Silverstreak]

It is understandable that when they wrote it, drawing and words were the only way to describe the ID keys.... how I wish the day someone create a pictorial key to the verbal key, assuming old foggies like us are still around.... it is killing alot of us!!

[moloch]

Very nice shots, Federick. I found that the straps of my binocular/camera were always attactive to something when I placed these on the ground. It certainly does not take the butterflies long to find something like this.

Regards,

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks David

A few recent shots.

1. Neptis hylas papaja (Common Sailor)
2. Arhopala epimuta epiala (Common Disc Oakblue)
3. Mycalesis fusca fusca (Malayan Bush Brown)
4a and 4b : Ionolyce helicon merguiana (Pointed Line Blue)
5. Which Miletus ?

[Psyche]

2 is A. major male (In A. epimuta, forewing spot 4(lowest here) is dilocated outwards; hindwing spot 6 is astride spot 5 & cellend bar; upperside is all blue in the male.)

5 is Miletus symethus male. ( forewing apex whitish, subapical spots ill-defined or obsolete; Hindwing postdiscal spots lunulate.)

TL Seow

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Cher Hern for providing the transport to Panti Forest with two fantastic shooting companions Sunny and Loke. Very nice weather but extremely humid in the forest.

The "base camp" was disgustingly dirty - litter, discarded food, raw and cooked, cans and human waste attracted thousands of flies.

Here are some of my shots
1. Dichorragia nesimachus deiokes (Constable)
2. Terinos atlita teuthras ?
3 and 4 : Cirrochroa tyche rotundata ?
5. Which Sunbeam ? Curetis regula ?
6 and 7. Cyrestis themire themire (different individuals)
8. Arnetta verones (Sumatran Bob)
9. ??
10. Which Arhopala ?

[Psyche]

5. Curetis tagalica jopa. Black banded legs. Hindwing lunulate spot in space 6 set inside that of space 7 & space 5.
( In C. regula the lunulate spots in space 6 & 7 are flush or in line.)

9. Astictopteru jama jama.

10. Arhopala epimuta epiala.
This can only keyed out as A. epimuta or agesilaus; spot 4 is slightly shifted out & other features ruled out A. agesilaus.
Note lack of tornal white dot in this individual.

TL Seow
PS. The rest are correct.

[Peacock Royal]

Many thanks Dr Seow.
Here are a few more shots from Panti

1. A glimps of the upperside of Curetis tagalica jopa
2. Fluffy Tit (Zeltus amasa maximinianus)
3 and 4 : Great Assyrian (Terinos atlita teuthras) - same specimen
5 and 6 : Malay Staff Sergeant (Athyma reta moorei )
7. Constable (Dichorragia nesimachus deiokes) - most beautiful butterfly species in this trip - but no chance for more shots !!
8. Blue Jay (Graphium evemon eventus)
9. Five bar Swordtail (Pathysa antiphates itamputi )
10 and 11 : The Malay Yeoman (Cirrochroa emalea emalea