Butterflies at Kuala Wok Forest Reserve

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After breakfast we headed out to Kuala Wok Forest Reserve on our third day (5 Sep) in Perak. About an hour of car journey from our hotel, we arrived at this popular camping site especially on weekends. This time, we had to pay an entrance fees (I think 20 Ringgit) to enter this Forest Reserve.

As usual, a large group of male Rajah Brook's Birding (Trogonoptera brookiana) puddling on the sandy riverbank caught our attention. 

Let me zoom in on a few of them.

Getting a shot on an isolated single RB within the frame needed a bit of patiencce.  

I found it challenging to snap an unobstructed shot of the underside.

My attempt to use a macro lens to shoot in-flight butterflies.   

There is a hanging bridge for us to cross the river to the opposite side where we could explore a forested area.  This is the Small Red Bob (Idmon obliquans obliquans) 

The Narrow-Banded Velvet (Koruthaialos rubecula rubecula) was found next to the bridge. It reacted to the camera flash quite instinctively but I was lucky to capture it in the frame.

 

In the afternoon, the Athyma reta moorei (Malay Staff Sergeant) was loitering on the sandy area for quite a long time. With lots of patience, we managed to snap some shots.   

A look-alike Athyma selenophora  was shot in a forested area across the river. A skittish fellow that refused to let me take more shots.  

A rather pristine and tame Malayan Yamfly  (Loxura cassiopeia cassiopeia)  

At the same vicinity, a Sunbeam (Curetis tagalica jopa)

There were two very skittish Redspot Sawtooth (Prioneris philoneome) flying around and puddling on the river bank.

The male Chocolate Albatross (Appias lyncida) seemed to be a lot more common than the female. However, they were rather sensitive to our movement of getting closer to them. 

This small beautiful damselfly which was identified by Zick as Heliocypha perforata attracted my attention.

I believe this is a teneral damselfly and it just moulted or an immature one? 

This is a Flashwing (Vestalis sp) which I shot in the forested area

This blue dragonfly looks like the Black-tailed Dasher (Brachydiplax farinosa), perching on a twig.

 I encountered a ladybird beetle before I entered the forested trail.

To be continued