Betau Valley

Betau Valley

Tuesday 2 June 2015

A visit to FRIM

For the uninitiated, FRIM is the acronym of Forest Research Institute  Malaysia, situated in Kepong, Selangor. It is the oldest forest research institute in Malaysia and was created in 1925 with a concession of land from the Regent of Selangor.


Well, I visited a friend in FRIM to discuss some entomolgical issues  and was lucky to be allowed to see the extensive butterfly collection housed in Block D:

Impressive tall trees and well grown forest make up the compound of FRIM and is a welcome change for KLites...

A great rarity: a female Meandrusa payeni or Kite Swallowtail (some call it Yellow Gorgon)






 The orange-tailed butterfly in the middle reminds me of my childhood chasing butterflies around my village: a now extremely rare Pintara pinwilli (a skipper or a flat because they always settle under leaves with wings outspread)


The butterfly with two white bands on the forewing is Lethe verna robinsonii, an endemic highland species in Malaysia named after the Robinson falls in the Cameron Highlands

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