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Post by wollastoni on Feb 28, 2017 14:25:26 GMT
Near Chiang Mai today Euthalia evelina annamita-male, large size species of Euthalia genus.  Paul What a majestuous beauty ! I guess it is even more impressive without the flash. The Dark Lord of butterflies. |
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Post by Paul K on Feb 28, 2017 15:09:58 GMT
I guess it is even more impressive without the flash. The Dark Lord of butterflies. It is natural sunlight only, I never use flash light as it impacts the natural colours of butterflies  |
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Post by Paul K on Feb 28, 2017 15:19:41 GMT
Charaxes bernardus hierax In northern Thailand three very similar species occur : C.bernardus, aristogiton and marmax. To correctly identify them DNA check is needed as wing pattern is variable and similar and genitals are very close related also. I assum this is C.bernardus as it is the commonest of those three. 
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Post by Paul K on Mar 8, 2017 14:06:41 GMT
Near Chiang Mai Lamproptera curius curiusSmall species from Papilionidae family very similar to Lamproptera meges which also inhabits Thailand, but the stripes are half white and half clear instead of light blue. Unfortunately this species is not as common as L.meges and is hard to find the example with all long tails still attached. Very hard to spot butterfly in flight and when rest.  |
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Post by nomad on Mar 8, 2017 19:37:51 GMT
Your pics are very nice, I really enjoy them and your notes. It good to see some Asian butterflies in their natural Habitat.  |
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Post by Paul K on Mar 10, 2017 14:20:55 GMT
Delias agostina agostina
Something for Delias fans, not so spectacular as its New Guinea's cousins but always pleasant to see. Commonly observed species inhabits mountains above 1000m in Northern Thailand and Laos. In southeast it is replaced by ssp.annamitica. 
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Post by Paul K on Mar 11, 2017 14:47:37 GMT
Graphium antiphates pompiliusCommon species of Indochina can be found in lowlands and mountains. Underside of this species is more striking with greenish and orange accents than upperside which is only white with black bars. 
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Post by Paul K on Mar 12, 2017 4:54:59 GMT
Polyura schreiber assamensisThis species is consider to be rare in Thailand but I have seen quite few around Chiang Mai area. Upperside is black brown with white band across wings edging with blue accent. Unfortunately like all Charaxinae it never rests with wings opened therefore impossible to have the image of live specimen showing upperside. On the photo below there is another specimen of Lycaenidea probably Anthene emolus emolus but correct identification is rather difficult as there are few similar species in this genus and I am not an expert in that group.  I just want to play a little game here, take good look at Polyura on this picture, what do you see? Hint: it is kind of one of the books for small kids.
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Post by Paul K on Mar 12, 2017 13:51:22 GMT
Amata fortunei-sex on the wall This lovely moth is very common in my garden in suburbs of Chiang Mai. 
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Post by nomad on Mar 12, 2017 14:06:34 GMT
Amata fortunei-sex on the wall This lovely moth is very common in my garden in suburbs of Chiang Mai. Unusual, nice image, which family. |
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 12, 2017 15:06:46 GMT
Erebidae
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Post by Paul K on Mar 12, 2017 15:23:46 GMT
I still classify it as Arctiidae family but that is the old way I guess, now it's been downgraded to subfamily.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 12, 2017 17:47:20 GMT
I disturbed a big black Erebus in front of my house midday today, not macrops. It was smaller and darker than that very large species, but I didn't get a good look at it.
Adam.
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Post by Paul K on Mar 19, 2017 9:24:03 GMT
Kallima sp.Until recently this species was treated as Kallima inachus siamensis, but now to make live more difficult the study of DNA discovered three different species very similar looking so without DNA proper identification is almost impossible. This is the best camouflage species I have ever met. To find it on the forest floor covered by dry leaves is next to impossible. It is common species of forests. While I was taking a photos this guy was sitting motionless and my camera was about a meter from him. He must to figured out I can not see him! When I want him to open wings I moved my camera rapidly so he flushed with blue and orange wings to scare me away. Finally I had to touch him with stick to make him fly away.  
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 19, 2017 13:42:54 GMT
They are separable on genitalia, particularly those of the female. They are also separable on pattern characters, but that is more difficult.
According to Nakamura (2014) there are two species in Chiang Mai, inachus and limborgii incognita. The best way to distinguish them is that the hyaline spot in the middle of the forewing in inachus is round, but in incognita it is vertically elongate. Your specimen is probably inachus but it's not easy to tell from a live photo with wings at an angle.
By the way, incognita is probably a different species to nominate limborgii according to Nakamura, as the female genitalia are different.
Adam.
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