14th May 2022
Celenna festivaria (Fabricius, 1794) is a moth of the family Geometridae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL Celenna festivaria formosensis Inoue, 1964
Tag: Lepidoptera
12th May 2022
Sarcinodes reductatus Inoue, 1992 is a moth of the family Geometridae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL
6th April 2020
In this post you can see the very beautiful Pathysa delessertii delessertii or malayan zebra butterfly during a mud puddle seassion in central Sarawak / Borneo. I visited this place few months ago but this species was not found at…
31st January 2020
Few butterfly species during a puddle session in central Sarawak. Graphium evemon eventus (Boisduval, 1836) (Blue Jay), Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) (common blue-bottle), Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775) (five-bar swordtail), Cepora pactolicus (Butler, 1865) (yellow gull), Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1764) (common…
5th December 2019
Tufted jungleking, Thauria aliris Frühstorfer 1902, Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL Thauria aliris is a remarkable butterfly, with a 11 to 13cm wingspan. Like other members of the genus Thauria, the ventral wing surfaces are disruptively patterned and look…
20th February 2019
unknown Caterpillar, Papilio sp. (Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775 (?) ), West Sarawak, 150m ASL Mimicking snakes help the caterpillars to ward off predators, specifically birds – This Papilio sp. (Papilio protenor?) is doing exactly this, to protect themselves from being eaten.
17th October 2018
unknown Caterpillar ,Limacodidae, central Sarawak, 200m ASL primary Forest
17th October 2018
unknown Caterpillar Setora spec.(?) Limacodidae, central Sarawak, 400m ASL primary Forest
12th October 2018
Caterpillar of the remarkable Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758, south Sarawak / Borneo
1st October 2018
Tiger Moth Amata sp. from South Sarawak around 600m ASL, probably Amata prepuncta Holloway, 1988 Without a clear view of the abdomen and hindwings, it is very difficult to determine the species. It could be also: • Amata tetragonaria Walker,…