Lesser Cuckoo was very vocal and often flew accross paddyfield in the park while Japanese Bush Warbler was still singing well. Nothing else was seen well. Again, I enjoyed photographing insects. Today, I was able to take pictures of four species of zephyrus.
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| Japonica lutea is one of zephyrus, found from May to June. |
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| Japonica lutea |
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Favonius orientalis: Male is active during morning.
It perches in the edge of oak or chestnut leaf
and chases each other when the other male(s) fly into the territory |
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| Favonius orientalis |
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| Favonius orientalis |
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Neozephyrus japonicus: This individual is female.
This species has four types of female, called as
O type (entirely sooty grey),
A type (photo shows: normally with small orange spot),
B type (with blue spot) and AB type (with both blue and orange spot). |
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Artopoetes pryeri: One of lowland zephylus.
It looks similar to Celastrina argiolus
but is bigger with deeper purplish color.
Due to cloudy weather, it did not move |
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| Celastrina argiolus |
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| Celastrina argiolus |
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| Lycaena phlaeas |
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| Lycaena phlaeas |
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| Lycaena phlaeas |
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| Lycaena phlaeas |
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| Lycaena phlaeas |
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| probably, Agrypnus binodulus. |
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| a kind of long-horned beetle |
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| Purpuricenus (Sternoplistes) temminckii |
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probably, Siler cupreus. A kind of jumping spider.
The head is beautiful powder blue. |
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| probably, Tenodera angustipennis, a kind of mantis |
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