butterflies

by jon@10pdm.com on September 10, 2010

This is the best place I know of around here to see lots of butterflies. Just outside Chiang Dao, at the bottom of the road leading to Meuang Khong. In the sandy area around the checkpoint I have regularly found 60 species or more in a morning- and I’ve missed loads. These are some pictures I took last week- no rarities but nice to see so many species.

Autumn Leaf

AutumnLeaf

Banded Blue and Elbowed Pierrot

Black Rajah and Common Nawab

Blue Kaiser

Blue Kaiser

Chocolate Tiger

Clipper

Club Beak

Common Nawab

Common Peacock (I think)

Common Pierrot

Great Nawab

Great Windmill (I think)

Great Windmill (I think)

Green Dragontail- dozens of these

Histia flabellicornis cometaris - not a butterfly but a Zygaenid moth

the area to the right of the pictures is the spot

Indian Purple Emperor

Macrochenus isabellinus- not a butterfly but what a beauty!

Macrochenus isabellinus

Straight Pierrot

Tabby

Tawny Rajah

Vagrant

Veined Jay

White Dragontail

Paris Peacock in flight

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Hans September 16, 2010 at 11:47 pm

Your font page http://thaibugs.com/wordpress/ text:
“why is its head separated from its body!?”

This is a disguised as an ant spider.

Best regards Hans

Their website is a great help for me.

Thanks
Hans

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admin September 17, 2010 at 12:42 am: Hans- many thanks. I appreciate your feedback.

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