Number: 241 / Family: Platystictidae / Genus: Drepanosticta
Species: Drepanosticta anascephala / Doi Suthep's Shadowdamsel*
Province(s) sighted: Chiang Mai
Habitat: Uplands Shaded Streams
In flight: July / Sightings (by me): Rare
Species easily confused with: All Drepanosticta species
*As there is no common name, I decided to name this species as a translation of the Thai name with 'Shadowdamsels' being a common name for the genus.
On a fairly recent trip to Chiang Mai with Noppadon Makbun, we visited Doi Inthanon and a little later Doi Suthep. Here, I managed to get photos of another Drepanosticta species, this time in the shape of Drepanosticta anascephala, now known as Doi Suthep's Shadowdamsel. All Shadowdamsels are extremely difficult to find and it was down to Noppadon Makbun to point it out this time. Worse still, it was very gloomy, a little windy and photography was incredibly difficult. In the end I was really happy to get these photos and identification is made by observing the appendages. Many thanks to Noppadon for leading me to this species.
The Male
This species is typical in appearance of many in the genus, with a dark thorax with whitish stripe(s), a long dark abdomen with dark whitish rings and is typified by a large blue patch at the end of the abdomen.
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