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

[Psyche]

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.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Psyche]

Post 27.

The Charaxes is C. bernardus hierax.
C. kahruba has no white band.

TL Seow :CHeers.

[Painted Jezebel]

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.

[Painted Jezebel]

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.

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.

[Psyche]

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.

The pic. looks good for f-hipponax.
Post 27 looks good for f-pleistoanax, with the messy pale band.
Not absolutely certain of course.

My mistake. F-corax, not corvus.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Painted Jezebel]

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.

[Psyche]

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)
LD22) Zizeeria maha maha d.s.f. (Pale Grass Blue)
LD23) Nacaduba sp?
LD24) Upperside of a Hedge Blue, but I can not decide which!
LD25) Miletus sp. (smallish)

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.

TL Seow:

[Painted Jezebel]

Thank you. The Miletus ancon was a surprise, as I could not recall it being large enough.

[Painted Jezebel]

My last ones - Hesperiidae:

LD26) Scobura phiditia (Malay Forest Bob)
LD27) ? This may be too worn to id positively.
LD28) Halpe species?

[Peacock Royal]

Wow, a beautiful shot of a pristine Malay Forest Bob.
I didn't see it though I was checking out that stretch of road also.