Coelogyne is a genus of over 200 sympodial epiphytes from the family Orchidaceae, distributed across India, China, Indonesia and the Fiji islands, with the main centers in Borneo, Sumatra and the Himalayas. They can be found from tropical lowland forests to montane rainforests.
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Monday, 17 July 2023
15-5-2023 PORING HOT SPRINGS, BORNEO - ORCHID (Coelogyne hirtella)
Coelogyne is a genus of over 200 sympodial epiphytes from the family Orchidaceae, distributed across India, China, Indonesia and the Fiji islands, with the main centers in Borneo, Sumatra and the Himalayas. They can be found from tropical lowland forests to montane rainforests.
15-5-2023 PORING HOT SPRINGS, BORNEO - ORCHID (Bulbophyllum lobbii)
Bulbophyllum lobbii (Lobb's bulbophyllum) is a species of orchid, also known as Thailand bulbophyllum or Sumatran bulbophyllum. It was named for the plant hunter Thomas Lobb, who introduced it to England from Java in 1846.
17-5-2023 PORING HOT SPRINGS, BORNEO - ATLAS MOTH (CATERPILLAR) (Attacus atlas)
Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
The Atlas moth is one of the largest lepidopterans, with a wingspan measuring up to 24 cm (9.4 in) and a wing surface area of about 160 cm2 (≈25 in2). It is only surpassed in wingspan by the white witch (Thysania agrippina) and Attacus caesar, and in wing surface area by the Hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules). As in most silk moths, females are noticeably larger and heavier than males, while males have broader antennae.
17-5-2023 PORING HOT SPRINGS, BORNEO - ORCHID ( Coelogyne moultonii)
This orchid species is endemic to the Sabah region of Malaysian Borneo, and occurs at elevations of 1100 to 1700 metres. An example occurrence is on the south slopes of Mount Kinabalu.
15-5-2023 PORING HOT SPRINGS, BORNEO - ROBBER FLY (Subfamily Asilinae)
Asilinae is a large subfamily of flies in the family Asilidae, the robber flies and assassin flies. It includes over 180 genera.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - BAMBOO ORCHID (Arundina graminifolia)
Arundina graminifolia is a species of orchid and the sole accepted species of the genus Arundina. This tropical Asiatic genus extends from Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, the Ryukyu Islands, Malaysia, Singapore, China to Indonesia, the Philippines and New Guinea. It has become naturalized in Réunion, Fiji, French Polynesia, Micronesia, the West Indies, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, and Hawaii. It is also called bamboo orchid.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - BURMESE ENGRAILED MOTH (Ectropis bhurmitra)
Ectropis bhurmitra, the tea twig caterpillar, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. A widespread Asian species, it is found around Indo-Australian tropics from India, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, New Guinea to Australian Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - BALSAM (mpatiens walleriana)
Impatiens walleriana (syn. Impatiens sultanii), also known as busy Lizzie (British Isles), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens, is a species of the genus Impatiens, native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. The Latin specific epithet walleriana honours a British missionary, Horace Waller (1833–1896).
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - JEWEL DAMSELFLY (Rhinoneura villosipes)
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - GEOMETER MOTH (Lomographa inamata)
Family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, China, India and Taiwan.
Sunday, 16 July 2023
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - JEWEL DAMSELFLY (Rhinoneura villosipes)
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - PLAIN HEDGE BLUE BUTTERFLY (Celastrina lavendularis)
Celastrina lavendularis, the plain hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka, India, and Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - COMMANDER BUTTERFLY (Moduza procris)
Moduza procris, the commander, sometimes included in the genus Limenitis, is a medium-sized, strikingly coloured brush-footed butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is notable for the mode of concealment employed by its caterpillar and the cryptic camouflage of its pupa.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - COMMON SUN SKINK (Eutropis multifasciata)
Eutropis multifasciata, commonly known as the East Indian brown mabuya, many-lined sun skink, many-striped skink, common sun skink or (ambiguously) as golden skink, is a species of skink.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - COMMON MAPWING BUTTERFLY (Cyrestis maenalis)
Cyrestis maenalis, the common mapwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia.
24-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU, BORNEO - ASHY DRONGO (Dicrurus leucophaeus) COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER
The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae. It is found widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of white patches around the eye.
The ashy drongo has short legs and sits very upright while perched prominently, often high on a tree. It is insectivorous and forages by making aerial sallies but sometimes gleans from tree trunks. They are found singly, in pairs or small groups. During migration they fly in small flocks.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - BORNEO BLACK BANDED SQUIRREL (Callosciurus orestes)
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - TEMMINCK'S SUNBIRD (Aethopyga temminckii)
Temminck's sunbird (Aethopyga temminckii) is a species of sunbird. It is found in up to 1800 m altitude in Borneo, Sumatra, West Malaysia, and south west Thailand in tropical moist montane forests.
This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch aristocrat and zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
The Temminck's sunbird is 10 cm (female) -12.5 cm (male) long. The longer-tailed male is mostly scarlet, except for a greyish belly, yellow and purple bands between the back and tail, and four purple bands on the head emanating from the beak. The female is drab olive, except for rufous fringes to the wing and tail feathers.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - GOLDEN NAPED BARBET
Indonesia and Malaysia, where it is endemic to the island of Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Description
Medium-sized bird (20-21.5 cm); overall stocky built. Bill- thick and distinctive. Body coloration, primarily green. Wings having darker shade of green compared to underparts. Azure blue on forehead, extending up to nape; blue coloration on throat. Small but distinct yellow nape forms a collar. A distinctive black band from the base of bill to eye. Black pupils. Black mandibles. Greyish green tarsus
The golden-naped barbet (Psilopogon pulcherrimus) is a member of the family Megalaimidae. It is found in Endemic to lowland and montane forests of Borneo. It is presumably a resident species in this region. Most often reported from Mount Kinabalu and Trus Madi south to Mulu and Murud.
Primarily feeds on fruits and berries. Occasionally takes insects like other barbet species. They are often found foraging in the mid-storey layer of the forest and are known to nest in tree cavities.
6-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - MELASTOMES (Medinilla speciosa)
Medinilla speciosa is a perennial epiphytic plant in the genus Medinilla of the family Melastomataceae.
Medinilla is named for José de Medinilla y Pineda, who was governor of Mauritius (then known as the Marianne Islands) in 1820.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - TROPICAL SWALLOWTAIL MOTH (Lyssa zampa)
Lyssa zampa, the tropical swallowtail moth or Laos brown butterfly, is a moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by British entomologist Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1869.
The species is native to a wide range of tropical South-East Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. It is also recorded from Andaman Islands, southern China, the Himalayas, and sporadically in East Asia: Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The forewing length is about 70 mm (2.8 in)[6] and the wingspan reaches a maximum of 160 mm (6.3 in).
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - GEOMETER MOTH (Thinopteryx crocoptera)
Thinopteryx crocoptera is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in eastern Asia, including Japan, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia.
The wingspan is 51–64 mm. Body orange yellow. Head and collar white, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. Wings with numerous orange strigae more or less combined into patches. Forewings with white costa, irrorated with fuscous. Antemedial and postmedial oblique fuscous line present, sometimes slightly curved. There is a fuscous line found on the discocellulars. A submarginal more or less lunulate line present, often reduced to a series of specks towards costa. Hindwings with a fuscous line on discocellulars. A double submarginal line angled at base of tail. A fuscous patch can be seen on tail.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - EMERALD MOTH (Genus Orothalassodes)
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - SWALLOWTAIL MOTH (Urapteroides astheniata)
Urapteroides astheniata is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in south-east Asia, from India, Sri Lanka to Fiji, including New Guinea and the tropical north of Australia.
Description
The wingspan is about 60–76 mm. Body white. Palpi with a black line on the upperside. A black frontal line and spot found on vertex of head. Forewings with some black strigae from the costa. Six oblique fuscous bands, one sub-basal, another on discocellulars, the others medial, postmedial, sub-marginal and marginal. Some fuscous striae found on each side of the sub-marginal band. Hindwings with a fuscous band on inner margin joined at anal angle by a band from the upper angle of cell and almost met by one from the costa beyond the middle. Some submarginal striae can be seen. A black marginal line runs from the apex to the tail, and a very narrow line with three spots inside it from the tail to anal angle. Cilia black tipped.
16-5-2023 KOTA KINABALU NAT PRK, BORNEO - INDIGO FLYCATCHER (Eumyias indigo)
The indigo flycatcher (Eumyias indigo) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia, where it is found in Sumatra, Java and northern montane areas of Borneo. Its natural habitat is tropical moist submontane montane forests between 900m to 3000m, where it is a common to fairly common species.
1-6-2023 HANDARA GOLF COURSE, BALI - ASIAN COMMON TOAD (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Asian common toads occur widely from northern Pakistan through Nepal, Bangladesh, India including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, southern China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau to Malaysia, Singapore, and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Anambas and Natuna Islands. They have been recorded from sea level up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft) altitude, and live mostly in disturbed lowland habitats, from upper beaches and riverbanks to human-dominated agricultural and urban areas. They are uncommon in closed forests.
1-6-2023 HANDARA GOLF COURSE, BALI - WHITE BREASTED WATERHEN (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
The white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly. They are somewhat bolder than most other rails and are often seen stepping slowly with their tail cocked upright in open marshes or even drains near busy roads. They are largely crepuscular in activity and during the breeding season, just after the first rains, make loud and repetitive croaking calls.
31-5-2023 HANDARA GOLF COURSE, BALI - YELLOW VENTED BULBUL (Pycnonotus goiavier)
The yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier), or eastern yellow-vented bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in southeastern Asia from Indochina to the Philippines. It is found in a wide variety of open habitats but not the deep forest. It is one of the most common birds in cultivated areas. They appear to be nomadic and roam from place to place regularly.