There are not many butterfly trips in April cause I have been doing a lot of outstation travelling. Despite the lack of butterfly photos, I still managed to get a major lifer !! A live specimen which I think not many people in Malaysia have photograph it.
Here it is !
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Silverstreak Blue
Iroata timoleon wickii (Eliot) - 1980
It seems to be quite common in other countries but over here I believe it's very rare !
Chequered Lancer
Plastingia naga
This Lancer is not so common over here.
Dark Blue Tiger
Tirumala septentrionis
Burmese Lascar
Lasippa heliodore dorelia
Sky Blue
Jamides caeruleus
Here's an interesting Blue.
Dark Malayan Six-line Blue
Nacaduba calauria malayica
Dark Evening Brown
Melanitis phedima abdullae
Here is a tricky one. It looks like the more common Glassy Tiger but this one is less common.
Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger
Ideopsis similis persimilis
Happy to see this Hasora sp so near.
Yellow Banded Awl
Hasora schoenherr chuza
Common Awl
Hasora badra badra
Common Awl
Hasora badra badra
Arhopala species are always difficult to ID even though you may often seen them.
Bright Oakblue
Arhopala sublustris ridleyi
Here's another tricky species.
Courtesan
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides f isina
Courtesan
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides f isina
This Courtesan is less common here.
Bengal Swift
Pelopidas agna agna
Malayan Pied Blue
Megisba malaya sikkima
Very tiny fella and not so common also.
Common Palmfly
Elymnias hypermnestra beatrice
With its upperside views, it makes things easier to ID it.
Common Palmfly
Elymnias hypermnestra beatrice
Club Beak
Libythea myrrha hecura
Over here is quite localised and not many but in Thailand (for example), you can see 20-30 of them in just one location.
I shall end this April's posting with this Cupid.
Dark Cupid
Shijimia potanini glycon
The above scientific name was taken from Yutaka's Butterflies of Indo-China.
Dark Cupid
Shijimia potanini glycon
Always happy to this Lycaenidae.
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS MONTH !!
HAVE ANOTHER GREAT MONTH AHEAD!!
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