Part II location of our butterfly chasing and photography is in Bangkong Kahoy, Dolores, Quezon. It is about 2,158 masl or 7,080 fasl. Our group consists not only of butterfly hobbyists, but also birders, and native tree enthusiasts. The BK Valley is located in between two mountains, Mt Cristobal and Mt. Banahaw. Despite the intermittent drizzles, we also had long hours of walking and looking for moths and butterflies. Aside from seeing our intended targets, we enjoyed the fun, camaraderie and good laughter.
We left late in the afternoon back to the big city. Everyone had a fulfilled day and will have a good night sleep. Although one of our friends was still going a long way to the North, spend 6 hours of sleep in a bus and reach her home after midnight. The next days are spent reviewing our photos, posting them in FB group site, and appreciating everyone's documentation of what transpired that Saturday. We actually didn't only have lepidopterans, we had all the creatures we saw in that visit, including the lovely landscape.
Nyctemera lustuosa
Erebidae; Arctiinae; Arctiini
We left late in the afternoon back to the big city. Everyone had a fulfilled day and will have a good night sleep. Although one of our friends was still going a long way to the North, spend 6 hours of sleep in a bus and reach her home after midnight. The next days are spent reviewing our photos, posting them in FB group site, and appreciating everyone's documentation of what transpired that Saturday. We actually didn't only have lepidopterans, we had all the creatures we saw in that visit, including the lovely landscape.
Mt. Cristobal
Mt. Banahaw slopes, main mountain is covered with clouds
COMMON MAPWING
Cyrestis maenalis maenalis Erichson 1834
Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae; Cyrestini
COMMON MORMON 
Menelaides polytes ledebouria Eschscholtz 1821
Papilionidae; Papilioninae; Papilionini
RED HELEN
Menelaides helenus lyspaspes C. & R. Felder 1862
Papilionidae; Papilioninae; Papilionini
BUSHBROWN
MMydosama ita ita C. & R. Felder 1863
Nymphalidae; Satyrinae
TRANSPARENT SIX-LINE BLUE
Nacaduba kurava kurava Moore 1858
Lycaenidae; Lycaeninae; Polyommatini
SCALLOPED GRASS YELLOW
Eurema alitha Fruhstorfer 1910
Pieridae; Coliadinae
VAGRANT
Vagrans sinha sinha Kollar 1844
Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae; Heliconiini
Nyctemera lustuosa
Erebidae; Arctiinae; Arctiini
Luxiaria sp.
Geometridae; Ennominae; Eutoeini
Geometridae; Ennominae; Eutoeini
Taractrocera luzonensis
also a disabled moth with wings not dried properly
Azota heliconia philippina (sorry its right wing is deformed, another disabled moth)
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Another set of fantastic picture of butterflies and moths. You really did see some lovely butterflies. The Vagrant is amazing, but my favourite, as always, is the Grass Yellow!! It looks like you had an amazing visit and it is so useful having the facebook group to help with identifications.
ReplyDeleteOh yes Nick the trips were really fantastic despite the heat and humidity making you all wet the whole day, haha! Actually the 3 admins of PhiLep invited me to join and it was a sudden close friendship.
DeleteAnd the mountain pictures are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteoh how i love the mountains !!! even though it rained that afternoon we still had a great time :) Nidz the moth below the Vangrans sinha is a Nyctemera lustuosa
ReplyDelete(Erebidae; Arctiinae; Arctiini).
hahaha the price for not asking first, relying on my own decisions. Thank you for correcting Linda.
DeleteGreat and beautiful shots.
ReplyDeleteSchnetterline can be photographed very difficult!
Great also the picture processing.
I wish you a wonderful Pentecost
Warm regards
Hello Andrea, what a beautiful collection of butterflies. They are all lovely. Pretty scenic views too! Thank you so much for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day and the new week ahead!
ReplyDeleteI hope someday I could have a little part of my yard designed to lure butterflies.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous critters! And the scenery is beautiful, too!
ReplyDeleteLove your butterflies - so many kinds!
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures!!
ReplyDeletewow, some really find butterflies in your images. One I am familiar with is the Luxiaria sp, we have a similar one in Sweden.
ReplyDeleteWow---another great group of Butterfly shots... You did see so many beauties!!!!! AND--what a special trip for all.. I'd love it just to see the flowers, birds and butterflies... GREAT area!!!! Sorry about the weather --but it sounds like the trips were definitely worth it....
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing.
Hugs,
Betsy
Wow! There are various kind of butterflies in your post.
ReplyDeleteI like the first and second photos very much. Thanks for sharing.