Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society Events & Activities
by Gable
Wang
photos by James Young
May
21st
James Young & Gable Wang arrived at Ru Yang, the town at the foot
of the Nanling National Reserve on a cloudy afternoon / some showery
periods with the temperature at 23°C to 26°C - we only took a
short trip to the 'Plant Specimen Garden' at the back of our hostel. Pieris
canidia, Pieris rapae, Enispe lunatum, Euthalia thibetana, Libythea
celtis, Zemeros flegyas, Papilio memnon, Neptis ananta, Damora sagana
and a lot of Celastrina argiola were spotted.
May 22nd
Weather sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon / some showery
periods with the temperature around 24°C to 29°C - we wandered
along the path leading to the tin mine at the back of our hostel - some
Papilio memnon, Papilio helenus, Athyma ranga, Lethe verma,
Polygonia c-album, Acraea issoria, Libythea celtis, Pieris canidia,
Pieris rapae, Curetis acuta and two unidentified Capila
species were seen.
Unidentified Neptini
May
23rd
Weather cloudy in the morning, again some showers in the afternoon,
temperature 24°C to 28°C, we went up to the Reserve office at
1100m to have lunch and walked all the way down to our hostel at Ru
Yang at 500m below. We saw many beautiful butterflies including Yamamotozephyrus
kwangtungensis flying around some Carpinus, Chilasa epycides,
Papilio memnon, Lethe verma, Acraea issoria, Curetis acuta, Pieris
canidia, Pieris rapae, Eurema blanda, Argyreus hyperbius, Spindasis
syama and Troides aeacus.
May 24th
Weather, overcast, with heavy rain, temperature 22° to 24°C, We
felt that there was no point in staying longer as we were totally
disappointed with the bad weather. We started our way back to Hong Kong
early in the morning.
