A KL butt

[Common Rose]

This pic was taken by Hexlord who is currently in KL, and sent to me this morning. I went thru' C&P4 twice and can't seems to find a match... :hmmm:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/lepi/misc/P1030295-1.jpg

[Commander]

It's one of the new additions to the Malaysian checklist in recent years. It should be captured in the soon-to-be-coming-out C&P4 supplementary, of which I'm also a contributor.

This species 'migrated' over to Malaysia from Thailand, like the Leopard Lacewing.

This is the Tawny Coster (Acraea violae).

[Common Rose]

haha... no wonder... was suspecting that it migrated from Thailand or an escapee. Is it a tiger, or a nymph?

[Commander]

Quite common these days, and the last time I was in Penang, I also saw a specimen flying around at the Botanical Gardens.

You may read what Simon Chan wrote some time back in 2003 here (http://www.nss.org.sg/butterflysingapore/articles/acraea-violae/index.htm).