N. Thailand Part 1 - Thung Salaeng Luang NP, Phitsanulok

[Painted Jezebel]

Some more, most, I think, Antonio did not get.

1) To add to Antonio's last post, an upperside shot of Atrophaneura varuna zaleucus.

Some Lycaenids:
2) Poritia hewitsoni tavoyanus (female) - Common Gem
3) Poritia sp. I am not sure if this is the same sp. or possibly Poritia erycinoides trishna (Blue Gem). The hind wing submarginal marking are much less produced than in No. 2.
4) A Prosotas species. I see a very small tail, I think. Is this P. pia marginata?
5) A large Miletus species.

[Angiud]

The Chapman's Cupid - Everes argiades


The Scarce Tawny Rajah - Charaxes aristogiton


The Dawnas Royal - Pseudotajuria donatana arooni


The Common Treebrown - Lethe rohria rohria


The Common Maplet - Chersonesia risa risa

[Painted Jezebel]

1) Eurema laeta pseudolaeta (Spotless Grass Yellow)
2) Delias pasithoe pasithoe (Red-base Jezebel)
3) Ancema ctesia ctesia (Bi-spot Royal)

[Angiud]

Unidentified Bushbrown - mineus?


The White Commodore - Parasarpa dudu dudu


The Spotless Grass Yellow - Eurema laeta pseudolaeta


The Dingy Lineblue - Petrelaea dana


The Bi-spot Royal - Ancema ctesia ctesia

[Bluebottle]

Beautiful shots, Les and Antonio.
Despite the less than ideal weather, you guys manage to nail quite a lot of specifies and chalk up some ++
The Ancema ctesia ctesia (Bi-spot Royal) is beautiful.

[Psyche]

Post 16.

1 . It looks nigh impossible to differentiate P. erycinoides trishna from P. hewitsoni tavoyana.
There is too much variations.

It is true the female of erycinoides tend to have 'flatter less pointy HW postdiscal spots.
So there is a suggestion it is this.
Typical ssp phraatica from Malaya also have a whiter groud & markings.
Male
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bwR-4hVDtq...+phraatica.jpg
Female.
http://m3.i.pbase.com/o6/25/686825/1...hilotamale.jpg

2. There is a possibility this is P. pia marginata as it is not a rare species.
The extension of the central cell band into space 1b tend to be reduced though it is not very obvious here.
The marginata refers to the FW having a broad border topside compared to pia.
So a topside view will help.

3. This should be a female M. symethus.
The shape of the white band rules out spp like chinensis , mallus & lack of dark HW band rules out archilochus, & ancon.
The apical areas of both wings are lightly whitened as typical of this species.

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

Thank you Seow, for the Miletus, it was doing my head in.

Unfortunately, I do not have upperside shots for either the Prosotas or the suspect P. erycinoides trishna. I do not think Antonio has the Prosotas upperside either, and he was not with me when I found the Poritia.

[Psyche]

Post 18. Mycalesis species.

Normally I would think this is Mycalesis mineus as it looks fairly typical.

However, there are a couple of things wrong with it.

M. mineus belongs to group where HW spots 4 & 5 are very small .
This feature is very consistent through all the species seen.
Here, spot 5 is very large. If this is an aberration it is the first seen.

2ndly the ground colour is finely striated/stippled, not seen in mineus, but possibly could occur in dsf.

TL Seow

[Painted Jezebel]

I suggest possibly Mycalesis malsara (White-line Bushbrown), spots in 5 & 6 are usually similarly sized. This is not in the mineus group. Upperside photos would help.