Doi Chiang Dao, Thailand On 5 and 7-8 Nov

[Banded Yeoman]

The Indian Purple Emperor and the Circe are spectacular!!

Are they both part of apaturinae?

[Peacock Royal]

Yes. They both belong to the subfamily Apaturinae.

CD13a. Pseudergolis wedah wedah (The Tabby)


CD13b


CD14. Athyma cama cama (The Orange Staff Sergeant)

CD15. Stibochiona nicea subucula (the Popinjay)


CD16. Atrophaneura dasarada barata (The Great Windmill)


CD17. Polyura nepenthes nepenthes (The Shan Nawab)


CD18. Delias agoranis (The Burmese Jezebel)


CD19. Delias belladonna hedybia (The Hill Jezebel)

[moloch]

Federick,

Wow, you have so many amazing butterflies! I don't recall seeing photos of many of these. The photos are fantastic.

Was the Indian Purple Emperor hard to approach?

Those jezebels were fantastic! Les must have been ecstatic to see these.

I look forward to many more photos from the trip.

[Commander]

A very good haul of species, Federick. Was it good weather all the way?

[Peacock Royal]

A very good haul of species, Federick. Was it good weather all the way?

The weather was generally good when we were at Chiang Dao. Perhaps it was not the right time to look for montane species.

[Peacock Royal]

CD20. Delias acalis pyramus (The Red-breast Jezebel)


CD21. Delias hyperate indica (The Painted Jezebel)


CD22a. Athyma ranga obsolescens (The Black-veined Sergeant)


CD22b


CD23. Kaniska canace canace (The Blue Admiral)


CD24. Hestina persimilis persimilis (The Siren) - waited so long trying to shoot the uppersides - but no luck !!


CD25a. Kallima inachus siamensis (The Orange Oakleaf)


CD25b

[Angiud]

Great shots Federick and Lc, unforgettable location @_@

[Angiud]

Second time in Chiang Dao for me, together with the gang, 5-7 and 8 November:


Courtship of Red-spot Jezebels - Delias descombesi


The White-banded Pierrot - Niphanda asialis


The Vagrant - Vagrans sinha sinha


The Shan Nawab - Polyura nepenthes nepenthes


The Short-banded Gray Sailor - Neptis columella martabana


The Orchid Tit - Hypolycaena othona othona


The Common Map - Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas


The Orange Oakleaf - Kallima inachus siamensis

[Peacock Royal]

Federick,

Wow, you have so many amazing butterflies! I don't recall seeing photos of many of these. The photos are fantastic.
Was the Indian Purple Emperor hard to approach?
Those jezebels were fantastic! Les must have been ecstatic to see these.
I look forward to many more photos from the trip.

Thanks David.
The Indian Purple Emperor was rather common there. So it was not too difficult to find one which was "drunk" on the ground.

[Painted Jezebel]

Les must have been ecstatic to see these.

Yes I was. We saw 5 out of the 10 Delias species found in N. Thailand. The D. agostina was the suprise. Now I need D. agoranis, patrua, sanaca, berinda and lativitta!