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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Species No : 29 - Pieris melete This seems to be the most common Pieris species around Nanjing, more than the Small White. Common Name : Green-veined White Scientific Name : Pieris melete Chinese Name : 黑纹粉蝶 Distribution : Very wide distribution (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Henan, Shaanxi, Fujian...
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Species No : 28- Ahlbergia Nicevillei Continuing from the early spring. A very striking butterfly, although tiny, the indifferent wing shape was quite obvious. Common Name : - Scientific Name : Ahlbergia Nicévillei Chinese Name : 尼采梳灰蝶 Distribution : Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Yunnan
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Species No : 27 - Sinthusa chandrana In Nanjing Laoshan Forest Farm, among the mature trees and bamboos, there is the cash crop tea plantation. Very few butterflies took interest in the tea. One among them is the, Broad Spark. Common Name : Broad Spark Scientific Name : Sinthusa chandrana...
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Thanks, Owen.
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Species No : 26 - Anthocharis scolymus When i thought butterflies in China were much easier than birds, came the reality check in the form of this one. Literally, kept me at the edge for several weeks before finally nailing the ID. There were few individuals seen along the Shanghai coast during...
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Species No : 25 - Anthocharis bambusarum This is another new species and a spring speciality, picked up during the Leuhdorfia adventure in Nanjing. Common Name : - Scientific Name : Anthocharis bambusarum Chinese Name : 橙翅襟粉蝶 Distribution : Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Shaanxi
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Species No : 25 - Chinese Luehdorfia It's been a while, haven't done much butterfly watching off late but with spring in action, i decided to give a try at some of the spring butterflies. While going through my Handbook, i stumbled upon the Chinese endemic "Leuhdorfia chinensis" and the...
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    Eastern Hokkaido - Driving February 2019

    Hi, Did the trip in 2016 and it all worked very well. It was my first time to drive on snowy roads and i did very well. The trip report can be found here. The road conditions were excellent, and it was a very pleasant driving experience including couple of hours in blizzard. Even during...
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    Snake ID, China

    Thanks Andy. I tried to find whatever the little info available to me and as well available over the web. Didn't find anything close Thanks Bitis. That's really helpful and much appreciated. Wow, the fastest snake, didn't really expected that and i'm glad that i didn't have to go head on with...
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    Nonggang/Longzhou Guangxi Birding Info Wanted

    Hi Mike, Not sure if you have already made the trip. There has been quiet a few B&B's developed in the village. You can contact XiaoPeng (小鹏）17377192745 for a whole package as he has good knowledge on Mammals, Reptiles, butterflies etc and ofcourse the birds.
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    Little Stint(?), Shanghai, China

    The peeps in the first row, are they Little Stints? Bit confused with the Red-necked/Little stint while the Red-necked is the most common one and the Little is scarce. September 2018 Shanghai, China
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    Snake ID, China

    Saw this Snake in a bamboo forest, It was a very slender one about 1/1.5, long. Location : Fujian, China Date : 27 May 2018
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Hi Dave, sorry again. The handbook was with a friend and i could not refer to it. I concur with the L.helmanni, suprisingly handbook doesn't have sichuan as its range. The range is described northerly in the handbook raging, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Beijing to Zhejiang. The Neptis species was...
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    Zappey's Flycatcher(?), Shanghai, China

    Thanks Andy for the inputs. I remembered, i used to send images to OBI and i did send the image back in the day but i dint pay attention to the spp before. When i checked in recently, i found the 2012 individual has been tagged as intermedia. The same has been confirmed by Paul Leader and he...
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    Butterflies of the Forbidden Kingdom - China

    Agreed on both ID.
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