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Oct 9, 2018 16:08:50 GMT
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 16:08:50 GMT
Thank you for the IDs Adam. Yes the Nymphalid was up at the viewpoint.
I wonder who will be the first one to spot the Delias in the mountain view picture (unless I am mistaken and it is a different genus of Pieridae).
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 9, 2018 17:45:50 GMT
Ah, yes, I can see it now. This is Delias pasithoe which I mentioned sometimes can be seen in my garden while we were watching the Troides circling around the trees covered with flowering Bauhinia vines.
Someone must have planted Lantana at the viewpoint, there never used to be any there, althought there is lots of Lantana along the road on the town side of the mountain. The village visible in the photo is not Chiang Mai (for those who do not know how huge Chiang Mai city is), but is the Maew (Hmong) hilltribe "village" on the western side of the mountain. This is really a tourist trap souvenir shop village, rather than an authentic hilltribe habitation.
Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 9, 2018 17:57:25 GMT
I should add that this viewpoint (altitude 1,530 m) has a cliff immediately next to it with forest below, and back in the 1980s this was one of the main study points for Sphingidae on this mountain, which formed part of the research behind the 2nd volume of Moths of Thailand.
Adam.
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Oct 28, 2018 0:32:02 GMT
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Post by Ed on Oct 28, 2018 0:32:02 GMT
It’s always nice to meet fellow collectors! I was impressed by Adams extensive collection and I’m sure Claude and Simon we’re as well.
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