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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 Bamboo Paintbrush Swift
Life History of the Bamboo Paintbrush Swift (Baoris farri farri)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Baoris Moore, 1881 Species: farri Moore, 1878 Sub-species: farri Moore, 1878 Wingspan of Adult Butterfly:...
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NParks Butterfly Count 2015
NParks Butterfly Count 2015Pre-Survey Training Sessions The NParks Butterfly Count 2015 is a citizen science initiative, organised by NParks in collaboration with ButterflyCircle, to get Singaporeans...
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Larval Host Plant for Butterflies: Saga Seed Tree
Butterflies' Larval Host Plants #3The Saga Seed Tree (Adenanthera pavonina )This 3rd instalment of our Butterflies' Larval Host Plants series features Adenanthera pavonina, a species in Fabaceae (bean...
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Butterfly of the Month - September 2015
Butterfly of the Month - September 2015Anderson's Grass Yellow (Eurema andersonii andersonii)The month of September 2015 will probably go down in Singapore's political history as an exciting month as...
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Life History of the Plain Lacewing
Life History of the Plain Lacewing (Cethosia methypsea methypsea)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Cethosia Fabricius, 1807 Species: methypsea Butler, 1879Sub-species:methypsea Butler, 1879Wingspan of Adult...
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Two Additions to the Singapore Checklist
Two Additions to the Singapore ChecklistPurple Broken-Band Oakblue and Linna Palm DartOver the years, there have been several additions to the Singapore Checklist of species that have either been...
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Life History of the Dingy Bush Brown
Life History of the Dingy Bush Brown (Mycalesis perseus cepheus) Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Mycalesis Hübner, 1818Species: perseus Fabricius, 1775 Subspecies: cepheus Butler, 1867 Wingspan of Adult...
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Two Lycaenidae to Make it 322!
Two Lycaenidae to Make it 322!Featuring Transparent Sixline Blue and Mutal OakblueIn my earlier update to the Singapore Checklist, we saw the inclusion of a Lycaenidae and a Hesperiidae added to the...
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Larval Host Plant for Butterflies: Batoko Plum
Butterflies' Larval Host Plants #4The Batoko Plum (Flacourtia inermis)This 4th instalment of our Butterflies' Larval Host Plants series features Flacourtia inermis, a species formerly placed under...
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Butterfly of the Month - October 2015
Butterfly of the Month - October 2015The Mottled Emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe)A male Mottled Emigrant feeding on the flower of Bidens pilosaThe haze that enveloped much of Southeast Asia...
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Two Skippers Added to the Singapore Checklist
Two Skippers Added to the Singapore ChecklistFeaturing the Malayan Swift and Bengal SwiftThe identification of some Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from field shots is often challenging due to the very...
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Life History of the Tree Yellow
Life History of the Tree Yellow (Gandaca harina distanti)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Gandaca Moore, 1906Species: harina Horsfield, 1819Subspecies: distanti Fruhstorfer, 1910Wingspan of Adult Butterfly:...
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Butterflies of Singapore 2nd Edition
Butterflies of Singapore 2nd EditionAn Update to the Field Guide : 2015Group photos of ButterflyCircle members with Minister Tan Chuan JinIt has already been five years since I first launched the book...
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Life History of the Bengal Swift
Life History of the Bengal Swift (Pelopidas agna agna)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Pelopidas Walker, 1870 Species: agna Wallace, 1866 Sub-Species: agna Wallace, 1866 Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 32-36mm...
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Butterfly of the Month - November 2015
Butterfly of the Month - November 2015The Yellow Banded Awl (Hasora schoenherr chuza)A Yellow Banded Awl in its typical upside-down pose on the underside of a leafBlue skies are back in Singapore! The...
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Larval Host Plant for Butterflies: Turn-in-the-Wind
Butterflies' Larval Host Plants #5Turn-in-the-Wind (Mallotus paniculatus)This 5th instalment of our Butterflies' Larval Host Plants series features Turn-in-the-wind (Mallotus paniculatus), a species in...
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Butterfly of the Month - December 2015
Butterfly of the Month - December 2015The Lesser Darkwing (Allotinus unicolor unicolor)It's the final month of the year 2015 as we feature our last Butterfly of the Month in this series that has been...
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