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A Norfolk Birder In Thailand
Monday, April 1, 2013
Thats all Folks (till September anyway)
April 1st we fly back to a very cold UK, a few days later starting work and moving back out to Scolt Head Island, Norfolk, UK. Where for the 16th season I will be the Natural England warden for six months babysitting the sites breeding terns and shorebirds.
Chiang Dao Butterflies March 2013 - Hesperiidae
Hesperiidae family which includes the Awls, Flats and Skipper, probably the most difficult family to identify, and the one which I currently have the largest number of unidentified photos.
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| Orange-tailed Awl Bibasis sena |
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| Common Banded Awl Hasora chromus chromus |
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| Common Small Flat Sarangesa dasahara dasahara |
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| Fulvous Pied Flat Pseudocoladenia dan |
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| Evan's White Flat Seseria strigata |
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| Tufted Ace Sebastonyma pudens |
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| Doi Suthep Ace Sebastonyma suthepianna |
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| Silver-breasted Ace Sovia albipecta |
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| Golden Ace Thoressa masoni |
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| Restricted Demon Notocrypta curvifascia |
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| The Forest Dart Potanthus lydia lydia |
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Chiang Dao Butterflies March 2013 - Lycaenidae Part 2
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
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| Common Purple Sapphire Heliophorus epicles |
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| Large Long-banded Silverline Cigaritis seliga |
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| Yellow Tinsel Catapaecilma subochrea |
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| Common Imperial Cheritra freja |
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| Chocolate Royal Remelana jangala |
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| Common Tit Hypolycaena erylus |
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| Fluffy Tit Hypolycaena amasa |
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| Orchid Tit Hypolycaena othona othona |
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| Copper Flash Rapala pheretima |
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Chiang Dao Butterflies March 2013 - Lycaenidae Part 1
The Lycaenidae are another very large family, with many species recorded in Thailand, and include the many and difficult to identify Blues of which there are very many!!
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| Common Punchinello Zemeros flegyas |
Subfamily: Curetinae
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| Angled Sunbeam Curetis acuta dentata |
Subfamily: Polyommtinae
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| Banded Blue Pierrot Discolampa ethion |
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| Elbowed Pierrot Caleta elna |
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| Common Red Pierrot Talicada nyseus |
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| Black-spotted Cupid Tongeia ion A rare Thai butterfly |
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| center Common Hedge Blue Acytolepis puspa |
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| Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax |
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| Plain Cupid Chilades pandava pandava |
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| Forget-me-not Catochrysops strabo strabo |
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| Zebra Blue Leptotes plinius |
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| Peablue Lampides boeticus |
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| Common Cerulean Jamides celeno |
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| White Line Blue Nacaduba angusta |
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| Large Fourline Blue Nacaduba pactolus |
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| Barred Lineblue Prosotas aluta |
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| White-banded Pierrot Niphanda asialis |
Chiang Dao Butterflies March 2013 - Nymphalidae Part 2
The second batch of Nymphalidae butterflies, photographed at Chiang Dao 3rd-22nd March 2013
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| Common Sailor Neptis hylas |
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| Studded Sergeant Athyma asura |
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| Black-veined Sergeant Athyma ranga |
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| Orange Staff Sergeant Athyma cama cama |
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| White Commodore Parasarpa dudu dudu |
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| Common Commander Moduza procris |
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| Clipper Parthenos parthenos |
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| Common Earl Tanaecia julii |
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| Gray Count Cynitia lepidea |
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| male Common Archduke Lexias pardalis |
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| Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas |
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| male Indian Purple Emperor Mimathyma ambica |
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| female Indian Purple Emperor Mimathyma ambica |
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| The Siren Hestina persimilis persimilis |
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| Blue Admiral Kaniska canace |
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| Common Jester Symbrenthia lilaea |
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| Himalayan Jester Symbrenthia hypselis |
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| Chocolate Pansy Junonia iphita |
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| Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias lemonias |
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| Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta hierta |
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| Autumn Leaf Doleschallia bisaltide |
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| Indian Leaf Butterfly Kallima inachus |
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| Club Beak Libythea myrrha |
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