Red Ring Skirt

Red Ring Skirt (Hestina assimilis, 黑脉蛱蝶).

Large East Asian butterfly, from Fuzhou last August. An aggressive and territorial insect, with wings battered from conflict.

Common Gull

Common Gull (Cepora nerissa, 黑脉园粉蝶).

Common, as its name suggests, at least throughout India, and South East Asia as far south as Indonesia. In China, they can be found in the southern coastal regions,  but for whatever reason, they are not much of a presence in the landlocked provinces. This one was in the Fuzhou National Park.

Magpie Flat

Magpie Flat (Abraximorpha davidii, 白弄蝶).

A skipper butterfly with a fairly wide range over southern China. I have on the rare occasion seen one in Changsha, but this one was photographed while rit reposed for a moment in Fuzhou National Forest Park.

Lemon Migrant

Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona, 迁粉蝶).

These pierid butterflies were scattered about through various parts of the Xiamen Botanical Gardens. They are found throughout India, southern China, and throughout south-east Asia down to Australia. As seasonal migrants, they navigate in groups up and down the rivers, to avoid cold weather.

Dark Palm Dart

Dark Palm Dart (Telicota ohara, 黄纹长标弄蝶).

A grass skipper butterfly ranging from south Asia to northern Australia.This one was darting about among the wild beggarticks in the Fuzhou National Forest Park.

Pale Grass Blue

Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha, 酢浆灰蝶).

One more blue and one very common throughout China. I spotted many of them on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, among the various exotic gardens: they seem to adapt well to new plants.

Tailless Lineblue

Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa, 疑波灰蝶).

Another typical blue: this one was haunting the Hulishan Cannon Fort in Xiamen. This species has a wide range from all over India to Australia; and across the southern coast of China though rarely further inland.

Tiny Grass Blue

Tiny Grass Blue (Zizula hylax, 长腹灰蝶).

A typical blue butterfly, that does not seen to come so far north as Hunan. This one we spotted in the morning in Huweishan Park in Xiamen.