Cameron Highlands - 1-6 Aug 2013

[Psyche]

Post 40.

The Malayan Birdwing is a male and what a magnificent individual with clear yellow forewing vein-stripes.
Most seen have the vein-stripes not so clear & so marring the general appearance.

TL Seow

[Silverstreak]

Thanks Seow ! I got male and female mixed up.


I think this is a female Common Birdwing



These two are the female of Malayan Birdwing

[Bluebottle]

When we first reached the Mossy Forest, it was cold, windy, and misty. The altitude is more than 6000ft.
See video below:



The least expected was to see a butterfly. And this species was seen zipping around in high speed, engaging in dog fight and oblivious to cold and crowds.
Hasora mus pahanga

[Banded Yeoman]

What a lovely shot of the Hasora!!

I remember seeing one at the summit of Gunung Brinchang when I went a couple years back.
I wonder if it's host plant is only found at that altitude.

[Psyche]

Post 41.

The female Malayan Birdwing, apart from the large conjoined black spots on the HW, have the FW brown (not black), & the lower vein-stripes very short so that the dark area is a square.


Post 42.

Hasora mus pahanga is restricted to high altitudes, strange for a cold-blooded creature , & resembles a little guy in a fur coat.
It also probably looks lke a small mouse zipping about. ( mus = Latin for mouse.) Its name translates as Pahang mouse.

TL Seow

[Ronnie OoiST]

Wow the macro photos are fantastic!

[Green Imperial]

DAY 1
DEPARTING FROM CHANGI AIRPORT~

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group pic - Loke, Chng, Sunny, Khew and Nona.

[Bluebottle]

What a lovely shot of the Hasora!!

I remember seeing one at the summit of Gunung Brinchang when I went a couple years back.
I wonder if it's host plant is only found at that altitude.

Thanks Jon.

Hasora mus pahanga is restricted to high altitudes, strange for a cold-blooded creature , & resembles a little guy in a fur coat.
It also probably looks lke a small mouse zipping about. ( mus = Latin for mouse.) Its name translates as Pahang mouse.

Thanks Seow for the info. You got to love the name

[The Plane]

Some more from me :

Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Dark Blue Tiger)


Hypolycaena reylus teatus (Common Tit)


Odontoptilum pygela pygela (Banded Angle)


Cyrestis cocles earli f- formosa (Marbled Mapwing) - this one for my PS practice...haha... :P


Poritia erycinoides phraatica (Blue Gem)


Castalius rosimon rosimon (Common Pierrot)


Thauria aliris pseudaliris (Tufted Jungleking)


Aeromachus jhora

[The Plane]

Cyrestis maenalis martini


Hasora mus pahanga


Cepora nadina andersoni (Orange Gull ?)


Parantica sita ethologa (Chestnut Tiger)


Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus cameroni (Dark Yellow-banded flat)


Common Batwing (Atrophaneura varuna varuna)


Nona Ooi


Sunny Chir