I had to go to immigration today, to get my re-entry permit for my forthcoming trip. I had an hour free whilst they did their mountainous amount of paperwork, so I went back to the agaba,?athada? spot to try for my voucher specimens (failed again). I'm glad it was only an hour, it is soooooo hot here, I do not think I could have lasted much longer!
Whilst I saw the Arhopala athada again, it was deeply entrenched inside vegetation. Things are definitely picking up. I saw 5 Arhopala spp, 3 Rapala spp, Catapaecilma major, Tajuria cippus and several other Theclini.
1) The pick of the hour, Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides (Tamil Oakblue). This is only the second time I have seen it here, the other time being on the other side of the Island, so I was delighted.
2) Rapala iarbus iarbus (female).
3) Prosotas sp. This does not look quite right for the normal P. nora, but I could be wrong.
4)Whilst I was processing the photos at home, I noticed a small butterfly on my outside window. Knowing full well how skittish it would be I approached very slowly, but it only allowed me this highly cropped blurred photo through the window before it flew off. The hindwing band looks much wider than normal, but I am right in saying that it is Horaga syrinx maenala?
2 May 2012
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