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Ubin Day 2014
ButterflyCircle @ Ubin Day 2014A Morning at Butterfly HillA memorable shot for the album! ButterflyCircle members with PM Lee Hsien Loong at Butterfly Hill, Pulau Ubin. Note the Plain Tiger that...
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Butterfly of the Month - December 2014
Butterfly of the Month - December 2014The Chocolate Pansy (Junonia hedonia ida)And we are into the final weekend before Christmas. If you haven't done your shopping for presents and gifts for your...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
ButterflyCircle wishes all its readers, near and far...A Merry Christmas and Happy 2015!
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2014 - Looking Back...
ButterflyCircle 2014 - Looking Back...The Year in ReviewAnother twelve months have whizzed by, and we are already on the threshold of a new year. As we look back at 2014, it was a year where...
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Life History of the Three Spot Grass Yellow
Life History of the Three Spot Grass Yellow (Eurema blanda snelleni)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Eurema Hübner, 1819Species: blanda Boisduval, 1836Subspecies: snelleni Moore, 1907Wingspan of Adult...
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Butterfly of the Month - January 2015
Butterfly of the Month - January 2015The Long-Banded Silverline (Spindasis lohita senama)A new year has begun! 2015 has started cautiously for the global economy, with the falling oil prices...
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Life History of the Small Branded Swift
Life History of the Small Branded Swift (Pelopidas mathias mathias)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Pelopidas Walker, 1870 Species: mathias Fabricius, 1798 Sub-Species: mathias Fabricius, 1798 Wingspan of...
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Revision to the Common Names of Butterflies 4
Revision to the Common Names of Butterflies Part 4 : An Analysis of Name ChangesIn Part 4 of our continuing discussion, analysis and recommendations of the butterflies' English Common Names, we...
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Life History of the Common Four Ring
Life History of the Common Four Ring (Ypthima huebneri )Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Ypthima Hübner, 1818Species: huebneri Kerby, 1871Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 30-35mmCaterpillar Local Host Plant:...
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Butterfly of the Month - February 2015
Butterfly of the Month - February 2015The Grand Imperial (Neocheritra amrita amrita)We're into the Lunar New Year month of 2015, where the Chinese community celebrate the incoming Year of the Goat (or...
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Life History of the Blue Nawab
Life History of the Blue Nawab (Polyura schreiber tisamenus)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Polyura Billberg, 1820Species: schreibers Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies: tisamenus Fruhstorfer, 1911 Wingspan of Adult...
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Favourite Nectaring Plants #6
Butterflies' Favourite Nectaring PlantsThe Javanese Ixora (Ixora javanica)This 6th instalment of our Butterflies' Favourite Nectaring Plants series features a species of the family Rubiaceae, Ixora...
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Life History of the Grand Imperial
Life History of the Grand Imperial (Neocheritra amrita amrita)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Neocheritra Distant, 1885 Species: amrita C & R Felder, 1860Sub-species:amrita C & R Felder, 1860Wingspan...
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Book Review - Butterflies of Sri Lanka
Book Review - Common Butterflies of Sri Lankaby Himesh Dilruwan JayasingheA friend from Sri Lanka, Malinga Prabhasara, recently sent me a book that was hot off the press. Titled "Common Butterflies of...
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Butterfly of the Month - March 2015
Butterfly of the Month - March 2015The Bamboo Tree Brown (Lethe europa malaya)The 3rd month of 2015 started quite uneventfully, with nothing out of the ordinary with regard to world news, besides the...
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Life History of the Ultra Snow Flat
Life History of the Ultra Snow Flat (Tagiades ultra)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Tagiades Hübner, 1819 Species: ultra Evans, 1932Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 37-43mmCaterpillar Local Host Plant: Dioscorea...
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Life History of the Lemon Emigrant
Life History of the Lemon Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona pomona)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Catopsilia Hübner, 1819 Species: pomona Linnaeus, 1775Subspecies: pomona Linnaeus, 1775Wingspan of Adult Butterfly:...
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In Memory of Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015)
In Memory of Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015)A Personal TributeMr Lee Kuan Yew's portrait with the orchid named after him, Aranda Lee Kuan Yew at Singapore Botanic GardensFor the first time since I penned my...
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Life History of the Baron v2.0
Life History of the Baron (Euthalia aconthea gurda)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Euthalia Hübner, 1819 Species: aconthea Cramer, 1777 Subspecies: gurda Fruhstorfer, 1906 Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 50-70mm...
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Chiangmai Expedition 2015
ButterflyCircle's Chiangmai Expedition 2015Thailand - A Haven for ButterfliesThe gang of ButterflyCircle members, complete with a specially designed T-shirtThailand is a country in Southeast Asia that...
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