North Sulawesi

[teotp]

A few more shots:


2 Zebra Blue mating


The Violet Awl


The Common Awl


An Eggfly


A Tiger


Another Tiger


Appias sp.


Cousins

1. L. plinius plutarchus. (Beautiful shot.)
4. Hypolimnas anomala stellata.
5. Parantica sp. I couldn't figured it belongs to any of the Parantica species listed by Vane-Wright & R. de Jong (2003), as well as in D'Abrera 's book and the Butterflies of the SEA Islands vol.2 edited by Yata ei al, 1981. Any upperside?
6. Appias hombroni hombroni.
7. A. zarinda zarinda + Cepora celebensis celebensis.

I will not id the skippers because of my limited reference materials for Sulawesi Hesperiidae. Sorry.

Teo T P

[Silverstreak]

Graphium rhesus is of similar size to the Five Bar Swordtail and it only stops intermittently, it simply does not pay attention to our Formula B. Graphium androcles is huge and it will definitely make its presence felt when in flight. it also does not give a hoot to the Formula B.

Interesting observation, perhaps conditioned by local preference....... like most foreigners do not take to durian kindly.

..... now what is formula S (ulawesi ) ?

[teotp]

3)I must admit I did not expect an ID, owing to the poor quality of the photo! But unless one asks......!
4) The species was very common, and had the forewing black border extending along the dorsum, like E. nicevillei. Unfortunatley, no upperside shot!

4. Eurema alitha alitha (2 cell spots on upp fw). The other two species E. blanda norbana and E. tominia tominia which have the black distal border continued along the dorsum but both with 3 and 1 cell spot recpectively (Yata et al, 1981).

Teo T P

[Painted Jezebel]

Another Cepora sp. - Cepora timnatha timnatha

1) Underside
2) I think this is the female upperside of the same sp.

3) The Parantica sp. again underside - Correction - Euploea algea kirbyi
4) Most of the upperside I could manage. I do not know if anyone got a better shot!

Teo, I note your comment concerning the Hesperiidae, and fully understand. However, I will continue posting mine on the other thread, just in case someone recognises any.

[Painted Jezebel]

4. Eurema alitha alitha (2 cell spots on upp fw). The other two species E. blanda norbana and E. tominia tominia which have the black distal border continued along the dorsum but both with 3 and 1 cell spot recpectively (Yata et al, 1981).

Teo T P

Thank you. I think I should have taken more Eurema photos, I did not realise that there were more than one species with the extended black! Once I had got one, I ignored the rest. Stupid me!

[teotp]

This one with light red / pinky colors uperwings

Appias zarinda zarinda. (Ref.: Yata et al, 2010. The golden and mariana albatrosses, new species of pierid butterflies, with a review of sungenus Appias (Catophaga) (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 35: 764-800.

Teo T P

(Note: Freshly collect A. nero or A. zarinda always colour orange-red and when specimen kept for sometime it turns darker red.)

[Glorious Begum]

Thanks Teo.

Appias zarinda zarinda. (Ref.: Yata et al, 2010. The golden and mariana albatrosses, new species of pierid butterflies, with a review of sungenus Appias (Catophaga) (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 35: 764-800.

Teo T P

(Note: Freshly collect A. nero or A. zarinda always colour orange-red and when specimen kept for sometime it turns darker red.)

[moloch]

Great shots, guys. I am enjoying this thread with lots of new butterflies.

Regards,

[teotp]

RE #77

1. Lexias aeetes aeetes (female). (Also illustrated by D'Abrera 's Butts. of Oriental Reg. Pt. 2 page 366, 1985.)
2. & 3. As id.
4. & 5. Hypolimna diomea diomea.
6. Ypthima nynias nynias. (Any upperside?)
7. Ypthima loryma.
8. Danaus ismare alba (N. Sulawesi), but the wing patterns of your butterfly(underside) looks similar to D. ismare isomareola figured by Yata et al (1981) in Butterflies of SEA Islands vol.2 page 125, which collected at Talaud.
9. Zizula hylax hylax.
10. Lamasia lyncides lyncides. (Also figured by D'Abrera in Butts. of Oriental Reg. Pt. 3, page 335, 1986).

Teo T P

[Psyche]

I recognised that dark Danaid from a butterfly book. (post 84)
It should be Euploea algea frusthoferi.

TL Seow