Fraser's Hill August 2010

[The Plane]

Ops..sorry..a different butt that needs ID...
Ok..one more try....Loke lah...

Ha...ha...wrong again. Loke's butt not so big . Wait for the group photo to get the hint...

[The Plane]

Fantastic, guys! I really enjoy the quality of your pics and the variety that you encountered. I don't recall shots of some of these before, such as Stiboges nymphidia and Xanthotaenia busiris. What areas did you find to be the most productive? Down by the falls?

Thanks David. Glad that you enjoyed viewing our photos. If the weather had been more cooperative, I think we will be able to nail more.

Very nice photo CKCHNG. I have not seen Stiboges nymphidia before. It looks much nicer in your photo than in the books.
A couple of IDs to correct.
The 'Toenails'????? (should be Taenaris) is actually Melanocyna faunula faunula. Plate 18 in C&P4 has number 15 & 16 the wrong way round.
What you said was the Laxita thiusto is Zemeros flegyas albipunctatus.

Thanks a lot Les, for helping me with the correct ID. The Stiboges nymphidia just flew pass quickly. Before I can have a better composition, it went over the fence and into the bushes :(

"Toenails" ??? ooppss...my laptop auto-corrected the spelling without me knowing...sorry

[Blue Nawab]

Ha...ha...wrong again. Loke's butt not so big . Wait for the group photo to get the hint...

Ok lah, this butt I went out only once to Semakau with him, really no good at identifying butt...Ben Jin lah
Thought Ben Jin would be equipped with handgear etc...

[Commander]

Three shots of the skittish but pristine Banded Peacock (Papilio palinurus palinurus) that came by for a few fleeting moments. A most amazing green on the upperside that contrasted so beautifully with the black wings.

[Commander]

Two group shots of the group at the Maybank Lodge on Fraser's Hill.

[Commander]

A couple of shots of that pesky skipper. From the upperside, it's a Pithauria stramineipennis.

[Commander]

Indian Yellow Nawab (Polyura jalysus jalysus), an Orchid Tit (Chliaria othona semanga) and two shots of the Red Spot Jezebel (Delias descombesi eranthos)

[bluefin]

Amazing shots from everyone.
Drool, drool and more drools....

[Painted Jezebel]

A couple of shots of that pesky skipper. From the upperside, it's a Pithauria stramineipennis.

Thanks to the upperside shot, I agree. I take it that it was larger than your average Halpe or Zographetus sp.?

The white-barred skipper is either Halpe zema zamba or H. elana. I suspect the former as the band appears quite broad.

[Bluebottle]

A few more non-butts photos...

On our way to Fraser's Hill


Passing by a reservoir


Waiting for the gate at The Gap to open


Our chief cook and satay man


BBQ


A new and patented hand holding technique


Washing up after the final round of shooting before we head back to Singapore