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Post by wollastoni on Feb 4, 2016 10:14:01 GMT
Wow, it looks like a fantastic spot Paul !
One day in paradise!
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Post by Paul K on Feb 4, 2016 10:20:07 GMT
Wow, it looks like a fantastic spot Paul ! One day in paradise! Yes, I wish there would be a place like this in Koh Tao, I could stay there every day. ( until my wife of course would take it  ) |
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Post by Paul K on Feb 4, 2016 10:23:47 GMT
Help wanted in ID this little Riodinidae  At least I think it is ? It was caught on Koh Samui-Thailand Paul |
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 4, 2016 10:27:48 GMT
Are you sure it is not a moth ?
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Post by wolf on Feb 4, 2016 10:30:22 GMT
Hi Paul I'm not 100% sure but i think this is a moth species of genus Callidula. I caught something very similar in The Philippines some years ago  |
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 4, 2016 10:35:03 GMT
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Post by Paul K on Feb 4, 2016 10:37:42 GMT
Are you sure it is not a moth ? Actually i think it is looking at the legs and antennas . But that is the tricky one as moths usually do not have underside pattern same as butterflies like this. Thank you Olivier and Wolf for getting me in the right direction  . |
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 4, 2016 10:38:40 GMT
See the identification above Paul K |
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Post by Paul K on Feb 4, 2016 10:41:50 GMT
See the identification above Paul K Got it - Thank you  |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 4, 2016 15:08:14 GMT
Yes, Callidula do look very like butterflies. I remember first encountering these in Chanthaburi, Thailand, near the Cambodian border, and again in Cameron Highlands, W Malaysia.
Interestingly, on a more general point about distribution, the area of Indochina around Cambodia shares a number of Sundaland species not found in other parts of mainland SE Asia because there was a land bridge across the Gulf of Thailand during the last period when sea level fell well below its current norm.
Adam.
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Post by mswisher on Feb 4, 2016 19:17:56 GMT
Paul, thanks for sharing your visit to Koh Samui. I think I will try to find this spot when I go in April. I will be there April 2-9; you would be most welcome to join me on your planned return trip!
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Post by cabintom on Feb 4, 2016 19:49:03 GMT
These collecting reports folks are posting lately are awesome. In particular, thanks for sharing Paul!
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Post by Paul K on Feb 5, 2016 1:52:03 GMT
Paul, thanks for sharing your visit to Koh Samui. I think I will try to find this spot when I go in April. I will be there April 2-9; you would be most welcome to join me on your planned return trip! That would be my pleasure. Unfortunately end of March I have to go back to Bangkok and then to Canada for couple of months . Paul |
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Post by Paul K on Feb 22, 2016 15:09:29 GMT
Cethosia methypsea methypseaOne of the more common species on Koh Tao. What a beautiful butterfly resemble so much when fly Heliconid butterfly from Neotropics. Although it belongs to Heliconiinae subfamily in Nymphalidae family. It can be found in primary tropical forest clearings and pathways. The female is similar in pattern, but more orange then red and is less likely to be encounter. 
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Post by Paul K on Feb 22, 2016 16:11:50 GMT
Graphium doson evemonidesAnother wonderful day on Koh Tao, but finding 95 species of butterflies ( excluding Hesperiidae ) on such a small island means when spotted one more new species rush the adrenaline up. Doing some paper work at the office where we rent a place I was automatically looking around thru the glass door just incase some butterfly could fly by. And then in the middle of the conversation with office girl I have noticed a Papilionid butterfly flying across the road interested about the roadside bush. Well I could not hold more then one minute . I was hoping that the lep will just fly around and vanished away but NO! Disrupting conversation I have excused a girl explaining that I have to go out now to catch a butterfly...looking around to spot my net grabbing it I rushed on the other side to find that it is a Graphium Sp. Aiming the target and effectively missing it embarrassing of my catching skills I turned around with hope that no one would see it. No, few local girls were sitting nearby and enjoyed my show. Smiling and explaining that I just missed a butterfly I have return to the office as nothing just happened. Next day I have return to that bush to investigate it and I found some eggs and few caterpillars of Graphium doson evemonides which I have already collected once on the island.   Now I am babysitting them and hope to have some fresh nice specimens soon.
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