Saturday, 23 September 2023

Butterflies in August 2023

My butterfly adventures continued in August but with just a few lifers. Here are some of them (both common and uncommon ones)


Orange Banded Flat

(Celaenorrhinus ladana)



A unique looking Malayan Chestnut Bob (Iambrix stellifer)



They looked alike but they are not. 

Talbot's Grass Yellow (Eurema ada iona) - top 

Malayan Grass Yellow (Eurema nicevillei nicevillei) - bottom




Forest Grass Yellow (Eurema simulatrix tecmessa) - in front

Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe hecabe)




Narrow Striped Faun (Faunis gracilis)




Dark Jungle Glory (Thaumantis noureddin noureddin)

Male



Malayan Nawab (Polyura moori moori)



Spotted Grass Bob (Taractrocera ardonia sumatrensis)

Dorsal View



Spotted Grass Bob (Taractrocera ardonia sumatrensis)

Underside View



Spotted Grass Bob (Taractrocera ardonia sumatrensis)

Underside View



Common Posy (Drupadia ravindra moorei)



Calaenorrhinus aurivittatus cameroni

Dark Yellow-banded Flat




Jacintha Eggfly
Hypolimnas bolina jacintha
   
                        (note: apparently its previous name was called H.b iacintha    
                           



Angled Castor (Ariadne ariadne)

Top view


Angled Castor (Ariadne ariadne)

Side view



 
             Mycalesis janardana sagittigera           

Common Bush Brown



Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris)



Brown Bob

(Psolos fuligo fuligo)



Orange Emigrant

(Catopsilia scylla cornelia)



                             
                                           
Curetis santana malayica
Malayan Sunbeam




                                                                           
Curetis santana malayica
Malayan Sunbeam
             





Malayan Mottle
(Logania malayica malayica)

Female



     

Malayan Mottle
(Logania malayica malayica)

Male




Malayan Mottle
(Logania malayica malayica)






Acacia Blue
(Surendra vivarna amisena)




Acacia Blue
(Surendra vivarna amisena)






Pointed Palmfly
(Elymnias penanga penanga)







Yellow Banded Awl
(Hasora schoenherr chuza)





Malayan Lascar
(Lasippa tiga siaka)






Malayan Lascar
(Lasippa tiga siaka)






Blue Posy
(Drupadia scaeva scaeva)






Blue Posy
(Drupadia scaeva scaeva)





Gram Blue
(Euchrysops cnejus cnejus)




HERE COMES THE INTERESTING ONES !!


Dua kuching berlari, kalau bukan dia siapa lagi?

White-headed Batwing
(Atrophaneura sycorax egertoni)

Surprise to see it at lowland and a lifer of course





Here are some main pointers which you should look at when comparing Oakblues (from its underside)





Major Yellow Oakblue 
(Arhopala major major)






Arhopala achelous achelous 

No common name for this one yet.




Arhopala achelous achelous 

(without flash)





Narrow Spark
(Sinthusa nasaka)





Arhopala tropaea

Common name: none yet
Status: Rare





Arhopala tropaea

Quite a small Oakblue.





Banded Red Eye
(Gangara lebadea lebadea)





Streaked Baron
(Euthalia alpheda yamuna)






Streaked Baron
(Euthalia alpheda yamuna)




THAT'S ALL FOLKS !!


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