Stunning shots! The Kallima inachus siamensis was so beautiful. Nice to see the variety of Charaxes, Les. Was Charaxes aristogiton a new one for you? Charaxes is certainly a diverse genus. I would love to try for some of the African species someday.
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Stunning shots! The Kallima inachus siamensis was so beautiful. Nice to see the variety of Charaxes, Les. Was Charaxes aristogiton a new one for you? Charaxes is certainly a diverse genus. I would love to try for some of the African species someday.
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Post 46.
LD16 topside male f- hierax is right. HW with large black submarginal spots. Another f-corax have the spots small.
Underside . Uncertain if this is f-hierax .(It is if f-corax is absent.) Link shows f-hierax with some highlighted spots.
LD17 topside male f-hipponax is right .FW white band without white marginal spots.
Underside. f-pleistoanax. Topside with white spots & underside with white band. (Band in f-hipponax is ochreous.)
LD 18, 19 ,20 are forms of C. aristogiton. FW with breakaway tawny margin & separated spots in hte subapical area.
LD18 is easily confused witn C. harmodius which have the black border scalloped.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60160020.html
THe forms of C. bernardus hierax. ( Underside of f-corax is not shown.)
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/103...axes-bernardus
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Last edited by Psyche; 18-Nov-2013 at 02:52 PM. Reason: wrong name, corax not corvus
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Post 47.
1. Charaxes aristogiton.
CD33. P. arja is right . Note the FW spot is aligned with the band.
CD34. P. fuligo is right.
CD36 Halpe porus.
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Thank you very much indeed.
I am not aware that f. corvus has yet been recorded from Thailand, I will keep the underside as f. hierax for now.
Regarding f. pleistoanax, I had noticed the white spots and wondered, but I only got good upperside views of f. hipponax, assumed that it was that. Being as they are, there is one more underside, which I had disregarded as I thought the yellowish band was caused by the sun. Is this f. hipponax underside?
I see you have amended the id for an earlier posting, I was going to ask about that.
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The pic. looks good for f-hipponax.Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel
Post 27 looks good for f-pleistoanax, with the messy pale band.
Not absolutely certain of course.
My mistake. F-corax, not corvus.
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Just a few Lycaenids and Hesperids left, so I'll start with the Lycaenidae.
LD21) I think this is Udara placidula howarthi (Narrow-bordered Hedge Blue) - CONFIRMED
LD22) Zizeeria maha maha d.s.f. (Pale Grass Blue)
LD23) Nacaduba sp? - UPDATE - Nacaduba berenice aphya
LD24) Upperside of a Hedge Blue, but I can not decide which! - UPDATE - Celatoxia marginata marginata
LD25) Miletus sp. (smallish) - UPDATE - Miletus ancon ancon.
Last edited by Painted Jezebel; 19-Nov-2013 at 03:44 PM.
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LD21. This looks good for U.placidura howarthi.
This has HW spot 7 larger & darker than the others. (the darkness is not so obvious here.)
The ground colour is dingier than dilecta (& rona) and the spots are faintly outlined in white.
If you recall, CD27 is very similar but spot 7 is small & the spots are hardly lined wth white.
http://www.lycaenidae.gmxhome.de/Lyc...dara-index.htm
LD23. Nacaduba berenice. Fairly typical.
LD24. Celatoxia marginata.
There is a bluish white patch on the HW as well which effectively discount most species.
The name 'marginata' refers to the strongly marked HW margin.
LD25.Female Miletus ancon.
The dark spots forms a loop, like a question-mark.
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Thank you. The Miletus ancon was a surprise, as I could not recall it being large enough.
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David, both C. bernardus hierax and C. aristogiton were seen during a recent trip to Petchabun, but my photos, then, were not suitable for id purposes, so, one can say, yes, new to me, in so far as I can now add them to my site.
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