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21st October -  Ma On Shan / San Tau Village

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                 It was 21st October, an early sunny morning.  James and I were heading for the hilly Ma On Shan in his 4WD. James said that we had to climb 4 hill tops before we could reach our final destination. We were looking for the very rare Athyma cama (Moore) Orange Staff Sergeant.

 

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                 At the same time,  I hoped to see all 3 recorded Riodinids,  especially the very rare Dodona egeon (Westwood) Orange Punch at Ma On Shan. With these in mind, we overcame the difficulties in going uphill and hectic climbing.    

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                  After a while, we arrived at the hill top just before Ngau Ngak Shan (The Hunch Backs) . Looking at the tall Ngau Ngak Shan , we  did not go further as we planned to pick Dr. Lee up in the afternoon for another butterfly watching trip. I was happy with I had accomplished so far.   Though the top was quite barren, we found many frequent hill topping butterflies, for instance Charaxes marmax (Westwood)Yellow Rajah, Polyura athamas (Drury) Common Nawab and  Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus) Danaid Egg-fly. Suddenly, a butterfly looked like Athyma nefte (Cramer) Colour Sergeant (Cramer) Colour Sergeant (Cramer) Colour Sergeant (Cramer) Colour Sergeant appeared in front of me and without hesitation, I  took a few shots in seconds. James moved closer and immediately pointed out that this was the butterfly we were looking for. It was the very rare Athyma cama (Moore) Orange Staff Sergeant. I was overjoyed with surprise and happiness.  Due to tight schedule, we headed back. For safety of going downhill, we had to stay close to the ground and had to be very careful with especially the loosen gravels and of course the step ravines, otherwise, we might lose our lives.

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                 When we reached the bottom of the hill, James broke his camera flash while he was holding on the rope on his way down . With this hot weather and the hectic journey, I wonder whether it was worthwhile the hassle for only 1 butterfly!

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             At lunch, my persuasion and James' kindness, Dr. Lee agreed to go to San Tau Village once again to see the drinking Lamproptera curius  (Fabricius) White Dragontail.  After the Tsing Yi and Lantau Highway and the boat ride, , we arrived at the San Tau Pier. Once on shore, there were many Papilios feeding on the blossoming Lantana camara. Suddenly, an orange butterfly appeared and flew pass by.  Dr. Lee and James said that it was neither Argyreus hyperbius (Linnaeus) Fritillary nor Phalanta phalantha (Drury) Leopard. To me, the only butterflies having the similar colours would only be Cirrochroa tyche (C.& R. Felder) Yeoman  and Vagrans egista  (Kollar) Vagrant. However, it disappeared and never returned.

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                Upon arrival at the stream, there were indeed several Lamproptera curius  (Fabricius) White Dragontail  drinking by the sand.  When I moved closer, I noticed that jet of water was ejaculating out from their abdomen. The pumping of water was short but very frequent. In order to take such a photograph, we had to be patience, persevere and of course a lot of practice. Oddly, they were liked dragonflies dipping on the surface of water as well. I wonder why? To my surprise, I saw 1 Cethosia biblis (Drury) Lacewing flew pass by. This was the first time I ever saw the beautiful Cethosia. San Tau was indeed a good place for butterfly watching. It had a good variety of butterflies, easy walking unlike Ma On Shan.  It was just heaven and hell to me!

¿P½º Lamproptera curius  (White Dragontail)