Along the main forest trail leading to the waterfall at Lubuk Semilang, I saw more skippers this year. These two brown skippers were identified as Borbo cinnara by Dr Seow of BC - both specimen were not far apart from each other.
Another brown skipper was found feeding on a purple flower of the Butterfly-pea (Clitoria ternatea). Perhaps this is another P agna agan.
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The Zela species are generally rare and they are usually found in lowland forest. Thanks Les for highlighting that this is Zela excellens instead of Z. onara solex due to its whitened antennal club. This was the only shot taken without the flash light.
There were at least two White-tipped Palmers (Lotongus calathus calathus) "dog-fighting" under the morning hot sun on 8 Dec at Lubuk Semilang. When one of them landed on a leaf a few meters away from me, I quickly positioned myself and snapped two quick shots.
The Fulvous Pied Flat (Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana ) came out to sunbathe in the late afternoon. It scooted off and changed its perch to somewhere nearby whenever it was flashed. I had to take this shot without using the flashlight. However, I noticed that at a certain shutter speed, I could capture a clear image even it reacted strongly to the flashlight.
Another Flat skipper Sarangesa dasahara dasahara at Lubuk Semilang also displayed the same behaviour as what Fulvous Pied Flat did.
The Narrow-banded Velvet Bob (Koruthaialos rubecula rubecula) can be distinguished from another look-alike K. sindu by its long and thin third segment of the palpi. I saw quite a few of them at different spots especially along forest edges.
I will show all my Arhopala species in my next blog post.
Nice shots of the skippers.
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