Sunday, April 13, 2014

The White Cerulean, Jamides pura pura (Moore)

Habitat indicator
RSP
WV
PG
VF
FTR
SC
LWDF
LWPF
LMEF
UMN
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H mark an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

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S3
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S2






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Invaluable thanks to Dr Seow for helping out with the ID of these photos:



Above 3 photos from 23 March 2014 @ 14:27. This is a member of the celeno sub-group of Jamides. It frequents moist spots in shady forest floors, usually by streams. It is quite a confusing group of butterflies to distinguish from one another but thanks to expert advices, some can be cleared (with the right luck to get the right photos too). This one came puddling where I was photographing a small group of Udara and Celastrina.

Jamides pura can be differentiated from the closely resembling Jamides zebra in that the first has a rather silverish blue tone on the upperside and the latter a much deeper cerulean blue.

A male from mid-elevation: 17 Jan 2015 @ 13:05

 13:08

 13:09

13:11
Above pictures 31 May 2016


 11:25

11:25

11:25
Above a male 05 June 2016

13:52

 13:55

13:55
Above pictures 05 June 2016


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Above photos of a female: 21 Nov 2015 @ 11:16 (S4)

Note: On 27 Dec 2015, a female was seen depositing eggs on the young shoots of Saracca cauliflora. A week later, some caterpillars were seen feeding on the leaves but the the brood was completely decimated by a carnivorous cricket a week later.

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