In 2019, I visited western Myanmar and filmed the adult butterflies of B. lidderdalii. Here I share the video clips with you. https://youtu.be/7apIZkHuado Wonderful video ! Thank you mokky ! Was it a common species once on the right spot ? I guess so, as I have seen some pictures with dozens of the...

An attractive Lycanidae called "Zephyrus". This species ranges from western to eastern Himalaya and several subspecies are known. These specimens were obtained from northern Myanmar (Burma). As you know, now Myanmar became a battlefield especially border areas. Now I have a scarce hope to ...

I have been interested in this mystic genus for years. And fortunately I had the chance to observe a mysterious sister species, Bhutanitis ludlowi in Bhutan in 2011. This expedition was organized as the joint survey of Bhutan government and Japanese researchers. In 2019, I visited western Myanmar an...

Amazing live specimen of Teinopalopus gynandromorph!

As far as I know, one gynandromorph! of a sister species, Teinopalpus aureus is known from Vietnam. Now the specimen is housed in a private collection in Japan.

Thank you for opening new forum. I am mokky from Japan. I have been fascinated by butterflies and have been chasing them for more than 40 years. My main interest is butterflies of the Himalayas. Now here in Japan, butterfly enthusiasts (both professional and amateur) are becoming much fewer than eve...