Many of the butterflies we saw during this trip look familiar yet different because they are of the continental subspecies e.g. The Clipper, The Common Indian Crow.
At Tham Lot :
Vilma and I taking photo of Symbrenthia lilaea, The Common Jester.
Preston and I taking photo of Penthema darlisa melema -
The Three-colored Kaiser.
P. darlisa is a large butterfly, with wingspan of about 11cm and it is a Satyrid ! When I first saw it I thought it was a Chilasa or Paranticopsis ! 
Other butterflies photographed here include :
Euthalia monina kesava 
A rare underside view of Dophla evelina, the Banded Marquis.
Junonia hierta hierta – The Yellow Pansy to me is the prettiest of all the Pansy in Malaysia and Thailand. This is the male
and this is the female
Junonia lemonias lemonias, Lemon Pansy, is the most common Pansy there. 
Near our lodge, we saw these :
Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria – The Common Palmfly.
This subspecies is very common here and is also found in northern part of Peninsula Malaysia.
In flight, the female can be easily mistaken for Danaus chrysippus and D. genutia !
Tirumala limniace limniace – The Blue Tiger or Broad Tiger.
Castalius rosimon rosimon – The Common Pierrot
Orchus subvittatus subvittatus – The Tiger Hopper
On the last day we found an exposed hill top with lots of butterflies.
These are some of the butterflies I photographed :
Tagiades cohaerens cynthia – The Evan’s Snow Flat 
Serangesa dasahara dashara – The Common Small Flat
Spindasis syama peguanus – The Club Silverline
Rohana tonkiniana siamensis - The Tonkin Black Prince 
That’s me chasing after the Euploea core godartii, the Common Indian Crow.
The female godartii can be easily recognized by the a big white patch on the forewing tip.
Parthenos sylvia apicalis – The Clipper. Again this is different from the Malaysian subspecies lilacinus. 
Vindula erota erota - The Cruiser 
A mating pair of Lexias pardalis jadeitina – The Archduke
Parantica aglea melanoides – The Glassy Tiger
Papilio paris paris -The Paris Peacock. A lovely butterfly with green dusted forewing and abdomen,and shining blue-green sub-apical patch on the hind wing. Unfortunately this one has broken hind wings. 
Troides aeacus aeacus (f) – Golden Birdwing, feeding on wild Clerodendron flower.
See more butterfly photos from this trip here.
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