Family CALOPTERYGIDAE
All CALOPTERYGOIDEA photos here
Taken by Dr. Victor P. Gapud (Feb. 28, 2005)
Diwata mts, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
Philippines [PH]
Vestalis_melania_Selys3.jpg
Uploaded on March 8, 2005
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Taken by Dr. Victor P. Gapud (Feb. 28, 2005)
Palanan, Isabela (Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park)
Philippines [PH]
shallow rocky stream running across lowland forest; male represented.
Vestalis_melania_Selys1.jpg
Uploaded on March 8, 2005
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Taken by Dr. Victor P. Gapud (March 1, 2005)
Palanan, Isabela (Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park)
Philippines [PH]
Photo of this mating pair was taken from a distance in a shallow stream running across lowland forest at Ditalad Creek, beside the CI-managed Palanan (Lowland Forest Dynamics Plot).
Vestalis_melania_Selys2.jpg
Uploaded on March 8, 2005
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Taken by melissa solito (Oct. 7, 2005)
Panas Falls, Barangay Poblacion, New Corella, Davao del Norte
Philippines [PH]
Taken on the banks of the Panas Falls tributary, around 1pm. Reagan Villanueva for the ID.
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Uploaded on Oct. 11, 2005
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Taken by melissa solito (Feb. 27, 2006)
Datu Salumay, Marilog District
Philippines [PH]
Taken on the banks of a stream inside Busay Salumay Resort, around 1pm. Reagan Villanueva for the ID.
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Uploaded on March 9, 2006
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Taken by Joe Pan (March 28, 2018)
Mahayag, Pagadian, Mindanao
Philippines [PH]
Male. In clear rocky stream.
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Uploaded on April 11, 2018
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Taken by Phan Quoc Toan (June 26, 2009)
Huu Lien conservation Area, Lang Son province
Viet Nam [VN]
a female. I collected male and female of this species in the bamboo patch forest near stream.
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Uploaded on July 3, 2009
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Uploaded on Nov. 29, 2005
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Taken by Faz (Oct. 10, 2009)
Phu Kradeung, Loei
Thailand [TH]
Location: on top of Phu Kradeung National Park, Loei. Situated on Sa Kaeo pond at 1400 metres (a crystal clear and shallow stream).
There were 2 males close-by.
A male.
Many thanks to Noppadon Makbun for confirmation of the ID.
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Uploaded on Nov. 9, 2009
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Taken by Faz (Oct. 10, 2009)
Phu Kradeung, Loei
Thailand [TH]
Location: on top of Phu Kradeung National Park, Loei. Situated on Sa Kaeo pond at 1400 metres (a crystal clear and shallow stream).
There were 2 males close-by.
A male.
Many thanks to Noppadon Makbun for confirmation of the ID.
_C__S27_Vestalis_smaragdina_smaragdina_2__male_.jpg
Uploaded on Nov. 9, 2009
Size: 68kb W x H: 800 x 533 pixels
Taken by Faz (Oct. 10, 2009)
Phu Kradeung, Loei
Thailand [TH]
Location: on top of Phu Kradeung National Park, Loei. Situated on Sa Kaeo pond at 1400 metres (a crystal clear and shallow stream).
There were 2 males close-by.
A male.
Many thanks to Noppadon Makbun for confirmation of the ID.
_C__S27_Vestalis_smaragdina_smaragdina_3__male_.jpg
Uploaded on Nov. 9, 2009
Size: 51kb W x H: 800 x 500 pixels
This species is known to occur in many parts of the Philippines
except Western Visayas and Palawan; male represented; forested
rocky stream.