Kubah NP

[moloch]

That is interesting. Thanks, Seow.

[moloch]

Thanks for the moth ids, Les. I found a flickr site that has a large number of Malaysian moths. It may help with at least the genus of some of the unknowns. Have you seen this link?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/botalex...7607538370690/

Regards,

[atronox]

Could the Laxita teneta be merely the Bornean race of Taxila haquinus?
Although this is a female, i realised the male is actually very different from the one figured by d' abrera.

[Psyche]

Could the Laxita teneta be merely the Bornean race of Taxila haquinus?
Although this is a female, i realised the male is actually very different from the one figured by d' abrera.

Good work, Aaron.
I didn't realised T. haquinus in Borneo have an orange patch.
Here is L. teneta. The underside pattern is quite different.(top 2)
http://www.archive.org/stream/illust.../n151/mode/1up

TL Seow

[moloch]

Thanks, guys, for the information.

Regards,

[Glorious Begum]

Wow.. many great butts you got there. Great shoots too.

[atronox]

I saw a few butteflies near the falls. Some of these responded to shrimp paste bait including these Blue Helens (Papilio prexaspes).

This is quite puzzling. Papilio prexaspes is not recorded from Borneo(as far as i know). The only other species this could be is P. fuscus dayacus which lacks the orange lunules on the dorsal hindwing. Or it could be a local form of fuscus especially since this species is very variable throughout its wide range; prexaspes was once a ssp of fuscus as well.

[Psyche]

Papilio prexaspes once treated as a ssp. of P. fuscus was elevated to a full species because its genitalia differs from that of P. fuscus.
Papilio prexaspes : range Andamans to Neomalaya (Sumatra, Malaya & Borneo )
Papilio fuscus : range Sulawesi to PNG/Australia.
ie. P. fuscus no longer exist in Borneo.
See C&P4 page 69.

The Borrnean taxon dayacus becomes a ssp of P. prexaspes.
This Sarawak form may qualifies as another ssp.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[atronox]

Papilio prexaspes once treated as a ssp. of P. fuscus was elevated to a full species because its genitalia differs from that of P. fuscus.
Papilio prexaspes : range Andamans to Neomalaya (Sumatra, Malaya & Borneo )
Papilio fuscus : range Sulawesi to PNG/Australia.
ie. P. fuscus no longer exist in Borneo.
See C&P4 page 69.

The Borrnean taxon dayacus becomes a ssp of P. prexaspes.
This Sarawak form may qualifies as another ssp.

TL Seow: Cheers.

Thx for the clarification, Dr Seow.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks for sharing, David
Getting a shot of an endemic species is worth the trip and deserves a lot of celebrations