Bubble Tea Land Again

[bluefin]

Recently I was back to Taiwan with Ellen for a one week break and this time round I make it a point to
allocate more time to search for the flying jewels of Taiwan. After doing a thorough search through the net
to source for shooting location and through various correspondence with Flickr and Facebook friends from
Taiwan, I managed to gather enough information on the popular sites for butterfly sighting.

Although Nov is not the prime time to visit the country for Butterflies as the weather is starting to turn cold
in central and northern parts of Taiwan, which we will be going, we continue to go ahead to take advantage of
airfare promotion as well as to suit our schedule.

Let’s start off with a few foody pictures.


A quick fire snack of wild boar meat with the right mix of fats and meat.

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A local variety of miniature chicken grille to perfection.

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Chicken wing stuffed with rice and fried to crispy golden brown.

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Wild Boar with garlic vineger dip

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Colourful array of milk tea found in their 7-11 stores

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:cheers:

[bluefin]

On with the Butt ;P
Do feel free to chip in on the ID and correct it if it is wrong. :)



1 Spindasis lohita formosana

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2 Discophora-sondaica-tulliana

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3 Athyma-selenophora-laela

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4 Jamides celeno

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5 Acytolepsis puspa myla

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[bluefin]

6 Tirumala septentrionis

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7 Daimio tethys niitakana

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8 Notocrypta curvifascia

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9 Tagiades cohaerens

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10 Hasora-chromus

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11 Ixias pyrene insignis

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12 Jamides bochus formosanus

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[Bluebottle]

The food looks delicious and should go with a Semanga ;P
Nice series and still quite a lot of butterflies despite approaching winter.
Ixias pyrene insignis is beautiful :cheers:

[The Plane]

Nelson, great photos from you as usual. :thumbsup: .

[bluefin]

Thanks Loke, Chng. :)


Let's continue,


13 Chitoria chrysolora

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14 Danaus genutia

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15 Papilio hermosanus

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16 Deudorix epijarbas menesicles

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17 Rapala varuna formosana

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18 Badamia exclamationis

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19 Nacaduba kurava therasia

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20 ID??

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21 Lethe-chandica-ratnacri

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22 Heliophorus ila matsumurae

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23 Athyma cama zoroastes

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24 Horaga onyx moltrechti

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[Angiud]

A great photo-stream of interesting, as usual well made and different butterflies.

Bravo!

[Great Mormon]

Lovely series Nelson, most of the butts you posted are so pristine!

[Blue Nawab]

Nice Taiwan Series Nelson, enjoyed looking at all the shots.
Some suggestions to the ids for consideration..., can google to verify.

19. Nacaduba kurava therasia (大娜波灰蝶)
20. Nacaduba pactolus hainani (黑波紋小灰蝶)
7. Daimio tethys niitakana (玉带弄蝶）
5. Acytolepsis puspa myla (台灣琉璃)

[bluefin]

Nice Taiwan Series Nelson, enjoyed looking at all the shots.
Some suggestions to the ids for consideration..., can google to verify.

19. Nacaduba kurava therasia (大娜波灰蝶)
20. Nacaduba pactolus hainani (黑波紋小灰蝶)
7. Daimio tethys niitakana (玉带弄蝶）
5. Acytolepsis puspa myla (台灣琉璃)

Thanks Chernhern for providing the IDs. I have made some amendments to the IDs. :)

[bluefin]

Here are a few environment and location shots before continuing the series. :)

:cheers:

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[bluefin]

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[Silverstreak]

Wow! Despite the low season still managed some fantastic shots!!

FB all the way from home!:grin2:

[bluefin]

Wow! Despite the low season still managed some fantastic shots!!

FB all the way from home!:grin2:

Thanks Sunny, the FB does works on a few species. :)

[bluefin]

Let's continue....


25 Delias pasithoe curasena

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26 Delias hyparete luzonensis

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27 Athyma selenophora laela

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28 Neptis sappho formosana

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[Blue Jay]

Uncle Nelson, your shots are superb! :what: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[bluefin]

29 Kaniska canace drilon

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30 Burara jaina formosana

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31 Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus

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32 Symbrenthia hypselis scatinia

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[bluefin]

Uncle Nelson, your shots are superb! :what: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks Brian, with more practice and guidance from BC members, you will be able to get superb shots too. :)

:cheers:

[WillFolsom]

Fine food, low airfares, meeting your schedule, and lots and lots a beautiful butterflies to photograph... as only you can do. Great! William

[bluefin]

Fine food, low airfares, meeting your schedule, and lots and lots a beautiful butterflies to photograph... as only you can do. Great! William

Thanks William. :)

:cheers:

[bluefin]

33 Hestina assimilis formosana

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34 Euthalia-formosana

A worn out specimen of this huge butterfly. The color of the pristine specimen of this butterfly is simply beautiful. One of the targeted butty for my next Taiwan trip.

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35 Polyura narcaea meghaduta

Never managed to get a good shot of this targeted beauty as well. Only saw 1, which stayed high up on the tree. Will try to get a good shot for my next trip.

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[bluefin]

Here's the last set of pictures from me. :)


36 Timelaea albescens formosana

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37 Sephisa chandra androdamas-Male

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Sephisa chandra androdamas-Female

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[Commander]

The last 3 are spectacular! :cheers: That's the dead snake carcass that you were telling me about?

[moloch]

Fantastic, Nelson. Great to see these photos from Taiwan. I really liked the two Ixias shots, a lovely pierid. The Papilio hermosanus was also very nice. The colour of the Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus seemed really different to the congeners in Malaysia.

Wow, Sephisa is a gorgeous genus. I don't remember seeing pics of those before. Loved the Timelaea as well.

Your shots, as usual, were superb.

Regards,
David

[Painted Jezebel]

I agree with all comments. Superb pictures of fascinating butts and locations.

I was not expecting so much from you from this trip owing to the time of year. Wrong!!!!:grin2: . My geography was dramatically off, I had thought Taiwan was much further north, but I see part of the island is still within the tropics. It looks as if it can provide interest all year round.

[bluefin]

The last 3 are spectacular! :cheers: That's the dead snake carcass that you were telling me about?

Yep, those were my favorites too and they are on my target list for this trip as I have been monitoring what the locals are shooting at this time of the year. Yep, the Timelaea and the male Sephisa are feeding on a dead snake carcass.

:cheers:



Fantastic, Nelson. Great to see these photos from Taiwan. I really liked the two Ixias shots, a lovely pierid. The Papilio hermosanus was also very nice. The colour of the Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus seemed really different to the congeners in Malaysia.

Wow, Sephisa is a gorgeous genus. I don't remember seeing pics of those before. Loved the Timelaea as well.

Your shots, as usual, were superb.

Regards,
David

Thanks David, the species that you can find in Taiwan are rather interesting and unique, especially the Lycaenidae. Will definitely return to look for them. :)

[bluefin]

I agree with all comments. Superb pictures of fascinating butts and locations.

I was not expecting so much from you from this trip owing to the time of year. Wrong!!!!:grin2: . My geography was dramatically off, I had thought Taiwan was much further north, but I see part of the island is still within the tropics. It looks as if it can provide interest all year round.

Thanks Les, from what I have gather, the southern part of Taiwan is warm for most part of the year and you could find butterflies all year round in the south. The North can be quite cold during year end and there will not be as much activities. The central part of taiwan used to be a butterfly heaven where butterflies amass in numbers due to its geographical landscape but in recent times, the population has also dwindled. According to the locals, the central part of Taiwan is still a prime place for butterflies.:)

:cheers:

[Peacock Royal]

Wow, beautiful butterflies and a fantastic collecion. :thumbsup:

[Cruiser]

Nice series and good harvest. thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

[bluefin]

Thanks Federick, Ben Jin. :)

:cheers: