Thanks david. Yes they are gorgeous.. no more to share sadly, that's it until who knows when, like all of us.

A few photos that are left from what I saw, to complete the posting.... Neptis harita , the Chocolate or Dingiest Sailor..... 200314 Neptis harita _9769.jpg Neptis hylas , the Common Sailor.... 200309 Neptis hylas _8413.jpg 200312 Neptis hylas _9162.jpg Cirrochroa tyche , the Common Yeoman... 200314...

oops, sorry Guy... will have another look
Of course you're right... the link http://www.flutters.org/home/photogalle ... re&id=1621 also suggests cnejus... yay, another species

Hi Nick,
Sorry to hear about those cancelled trips... I was lucky to get mine in before the dam broke. We'll be back!! Stay safe.

Guy, they still think it is pandava .. On the web I found this... http://www.flutters.org/home/photogallery/index.php?level=picture&id=2070 but I still cant quite make it out... here's a better uns shot.... 200310 Chilades pandava _ 8851.jpg On the grounds of that ID link, I would stay with pand...

It was smaller than I expected from the web pictures I had seen David, probably 3cm from head to tail. I had no idea about the taxonomic names being representative of deities/ mythological figures from that part of the world Guy, I love it! I learned a lot about the Buddhist/ Hindu representations w...

How about some Pierids ... Hebomoia glaucippe _ the great orange-tip, but not a great shot, boy were they skittish... 200308 Hebomoia glaucippe _ the great orange-tip _8151.jpg Catopsilia pomona _ common emigrant or lemon emigrant... 200310 Catopsilia pomona _ common emigrant or lemon emigrant _8788...

maha was perhaps the prettiest Lycaenid I saw whilst in Eastern Asia, but here are the rest of the Lycaenids.... Loxura atymnus , the Yamfly, only appeared once, right at the end of my trip, but posed nicely.... 200314 Loxura atymnus _10069.jpg Several of the Blues were small, dull and inconspicuou...

One of the larger species, frequently taking salts by the riverside...
Common Cruiser, Vindula erota....

Here are some of the duller species, the Satyrids I encountered.... Mycalesis species, dry season forms... unable to get a closer ID from what I have... 200314 Mycalesis sp DSF _9738.jpg 200303 Mycalesis sp. - dry season form _7648.jpg Orsotriaena medus, the Dark Grass Brown... 200310 Orsotriaena me...

totally agree.
Though as Lantana grows wild there, it often does still look like a Butterfly House!!!

Tropical Asian version of our Wood White.... Leptosia nina, the Psyche....

Thanks Guy, was a great trip, but shortened a bit sadly by Covid19 measures stopping me going back into Vietnam. I did meet the Blue Glassy Tiger, Ideopsis vulgaris, nothing vulgar about this large elegant gem.... 200310 Ideopsis vulgaris _ My Son ruins _8706.jpg 200310 Ideopsis vulgaris _ My Son ru...

OK, back now, and having been in Vietnam then Cambodia, I have a few more pics to share, hopefully correctly ID'd. Watch this space!! The Great Eggfly, Hypolimnas bolina.... 200308 Hypolimnas bolina _ Di Tich Hon Tau _8304.jpg 200311 Hypolimnas bolina _ Hoi An _9049.jpg 200311 Hypolimnas bolina _ Ho...

The very common Lime Swallowtail, Papilio demoleus......

Hanoi today between the thunderstorms.... I think this little gem is Zizeeria maha

Thanks Dave.
Quite right... but I cut the knapweed back harshly in July to allow another plant to breath and it's now like this!

Ground frost yesterday, but in the sun today up here in North Yorkshire, was pleased to see a late Brimstone and a Comma catching some late nectar. 191029 G. rhamni _ BB_w6488.jpg 191029 N. c-album _ BB _w6517.jpg The Brimstone has some dark markings which I am not used to seeing, similar to the pic...

Thanks chaps... I had seen both pigmy and Mediterranean skippers in the past, but somehow forgot to figure them in to my list of hopefuls.. actually saw them in largish numbers at just one site, and had plenty of opportunity to snap them as they were not at all shy - last time I saw them they were m...

Holiday over. I set out with little expectation but a bit of hope for one or two lifetime new sightings. I came away with three of these and a couple of better than previously achieved species photos... so that is pretty good for me I think. Here are my highlights, not that there are many.... Firstl...

I've now seen many of these, some pristine but many more missing chunks of wing, like the top photo above, but much worse... the shape of the chunks and the local fellow wall sitters suggests most are of Wall Lizard origin, but it doesn't seem they actually catch many!I have now enough material to m...