North Sulawesi

[Painted Jezebel]

Thank you, Teo and Seow.

I had just realised I had the Hypolimnas diomea diomea (Post 77, pics 4&5) and was about to note it, but you beat me to it! Sorry, no upperside for the Ypthima sp. Only managed uppersides for Y. loryma and another, hopefully highly distinctive, one which we will come to when we reach the photos for Minahasa Highlands.

The Euploea algea fruhstorferi is very different to what we have here, I would never have guessed that!

Some more unidentifieds from the Tangkoko region (still more to come from this area, but I have IDs for them! Also some pesky little lycaenids):

1&2) Athyma libnates libnates
3&4) Moduza Lymire lymire
5&6) Unknown at present - UPDATE - Appias zarinda zarinda (female)
7) Unknown at present - UPDATE - Danaus ismare alba

[atronox]

6. Again, it is not possible to differentiate genera Pantoporia and Lasippa by venation (C&P 4 page 171) from the photo. Wing pattern from upperside forewing indicated it is Lasippa neriphus tawayana (Vane-Wright & R. de Jong, 2003; Butterflies of the Oriental Region Part II, page 304, 1985).

Teo T P

Sorry about the misidentification.
Yes, i was debating between the two lascars which are unique to sulawesi but i settled on the wrong one.

[atronox]

Hoping i'm correct his time:
post #91
1st two are Athyma libnites, next two are Moduza lymire.
Not sure of the generic placement of the first; looks like it could be in Moduza as well. I think d' Abrera places it in Tarattia.

[teotp]

RE # 79

Beautiful shots and correct identification.

Teo T P

[Painted Jezebel]

Hoping i'm correct his time:
post #91
1st two are Athyma libnites, next two are Moduza lymire.
Not sure of the generic placement of the first; looks like it could be in Moduza as well. I think d' Abrera places it in Tarattia.

Thank you, Aaron. I had thought the first was the only Athyma sp. on Sulawesi, but the upperside shot I could get was not sufficient to be certain. -On further look, the forewing white spots and the apical pattern looks wrong. I have to have a doubt on this at the moment, even though I have now labelled my file as you said.

Equally, we all kept on calling the second the 'Commander look-alike', but it is not illustrated in the VW paper.

[teotp]

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

TL Seow

Check through the Euploea algea subspecies in Yata & co-author's: Butterflies of SEA Islands vol II. I cann't find any subsp. frusthoferi. D'Abrera (1982) mentioned E. algea fruhstorferi in Butterflies of the Oriental Region vol 1, page 230. He pointed out it is similar to E. algea diana with the male sex brand more exaggerated and the white spots are obsolete and from central Sulawesi.

Teo T P

[Painted Jezebel]

Check through the Euploea algea subspecies in Yata & co-author's: Butterflies of SEA Islands vol II. I cann't find any subsp. frusthoferi. D'Abrera (1982) mentioned E. algea fruhstorferi in Butterflies of the Oriental Region vol 1, page 230. He pointed out it is similar to E. algea diana with the male sex brand more exaggerated and the white spots are obsolete and from central Sulawesi.

Teo T P

Re Post #84, pics 3&4.

In VW&dJ, the subspecies from N. Sulawesi is E. algea kirbyi. Sorry, but I am slightly confused! What a lot of ssp. there are!

[teotp]

RE: #84

Les, I have not id the #84 yet. Here are my reply:
1. & 2. Male and female Cepora timnatha timnatha respectively.
3. & 4. Euploea algea kirbyi.

Teo T P

[Painted Jezebel]

Thanks again. Still would not have recognised the Euploea sp!!! File name changed. Unlike anything I have come across in thid Genus. One more Euploea to show, from the Highlands, when we get there!

I won't show the ones I can identify, yet, other members of the group have photos, and they are far better photographers than I am! Have a rest .

[teotp]

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.

Thank you for your understanding.

Teo T P