North Sulawesi

[Glorious Begum]

Just got back early this morning. Les and Antonio are still traveling and will reach home tonight. Let me start the ball rolling....

Mount Lokon taken from Gardenia resort.



Another view of Mount Lokon



A few shots inside / outside of Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park.





Our hard working Butterfly man searching for butterflies



Crossing the river in the park



It is dangerous in this park. Ranger was carried a gun.



Let the others post their beautiful pictures here. Guys, come ! come ! post your pictures here..

[bluefin]

Okee, let's start off with this majestic nawab.


Polyura cognatus cognatus [Sulawesi Blue Nawab]

[atronox]

Awesome shot!!!
This is a Polyura cognatus

[Blue Jay]

Terrific capture!

[Glorious Begum]

Not sure what is this. Looks like The Quaker ?

[Commander]

Not sure what is this. Looks like The Quaker ?

Probably a related species. But definitely not our local Quaker subspecies. Interesting hairy legs!

[Commander]

Okee, let's start off with this majestic nawab.

Awesome shot of this pristine Nawab. Definitely not a species found in West Malaysia!

[atronox]

Pithecops phoenix i think. Then again it's a little different.

[Blue Jay]

Uncle LC,
SG's Quaker has only one spot on the hindwing costa. The "Quaker" that you shot has many more spots.

[teotp]

Okee, let's start off with this majestic nawab.

Polyura cognata (Vollenhoven, 1861). Common name: Sulawesi Blue Nawab. There are three subspecies recorded from Sulawesi, cognata, bellona and yumikoe (Vane-Wright & R. de Jong, 2003;Tsukada, 1991; D'Abrera, 1985).

Teo T P