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Life History of the Spotted Judy
Life History of the Spotted Judy (Abisara geza niya)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Abisara C. & R. Felder, 1860Species: geza Fruhstorfer, 1904Subspecies:niya Fruhstorfer, 1914 Wingspan of Adult...
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2015 - Looking Back...
ButterflyCircle 2015 - Looking Back...The Year in ReviewAn Elbowed Pierrot (Caleta elna elvira) perches high on a grass blade, contemplating the future2015 has certainly been an eventful year for...
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Life History of the White Tipped Skipper
Life History of the White Tipped Skipper (Erionota hiraca apicalis )Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Erionota Mabille, 1878 Species: hiraca Moore, 1881 Sub-Species: apicalis Evans, 1932 Wingspan of Adult...
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Butterfly of the Month - January 2016
Butterfly of the Month - January 2016The Three Spot Grass Yellow (Eurema blanda snelleni)A Three Spot Grass Yellow feeding on the flower of the Creeping Yellow Daisy (Wedelia trilobata)2016 is upon us...
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Paedophilic behaviour in Butterflies?
Butterfly Ecology ObservationsPaedophilic behaviour in Butterflies? I witnessed a strange butterfly behaviour on Pulau Ubin recently. This male Spotted Black Crow (Euploea crameri bremeri) was seen...
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Butterfly Photography at Our Local Parks - Seletar Country Club
Butterfly Photography at Our Local ParksFeaturing : Seletar Country Club Butterfly GardenWelcome to the Seletar Country Club Butterfly GardenGolf courses are large tracts of greenery that are,...
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Larval Host Plant for Butterflies: Crown Flower
Butterflies' Larval Host Plants #6Crown Flower (Calotropis gigantea)This 6th instalment of our Butterflies' Larval Host Plants series features the Crown Flower (Calotropios gigantea), a species from...
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Red for Prosperity
Red for Prosperity!Red Butterflies in SingaporeA Common Red Flash (Rapala iarbus iarbus) perches on a lallang bladeIn about a week's time, Chinese communities from all over the world will celebrate the...
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Butterfly of the Month - February 2016
Butterfly of the Month - February 2016The Plain Lacewing (Cethosia methypsea methypsea)We are at the threshold of a new Chinese Lunar Year and today is the 2nd last day of the Year of the...
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Life History of the Common Tiger
Life History of the Common Tiger (Danaus genutia genutia)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Danaus Kluk, 1802 Species: genutia Cramer, 1779Subspecies: genutia Cramer, 1779Wingspan of Adult Butterfly:...
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Singapore's Long-Tailed Hairstreaks
Singapore's Long-Tailed HairstreaksThe Magnificent Seven - Part 1In the 2nd Edition of the Field Guide to the Butterflies of Singapore (2015), the taxonomic classification of the Lycaenidae family has...
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Larval Host Plant for Butterflies: Yellow Cow Wood
Butterflies' Larval Host Plants #7The Yellow Cow Wood (Cratoxylum cochinchinense)This 7th instalment of our Butterflies' Larval Host Plants series features Cratoxylum cochinchinense (Yellow Cow Wood),...
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Singapore's Long-Tailed Hairstreaks 2
Singapore's Long-Tailed HairstreaksThe Magnificent Seven - Part 2A male Plane feeding on the flower of the Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica)This weekend's blog article continues with Part 2 of Singapore's...
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Life History of the Malayan Swift
Life History of the Malayan Swift (Caltoris malaya)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 Species: malaya Evans, 1928 Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 38-42mm Caterpillar Local Host Plant:Bambusa...
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Butterfly of the Month - March 2016
Butterfly of the Month - March 2016The Ambon Onyx (Horaga syrinx maenala)Even as the wet months of the year gave way to a much warmer weather, the prospects of facing the Indonesian-generated haze...
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Larval Host Plant for Butterflies: Yellow Saraca
Butterflies' Larval Host Plants #8The Yellow Saraca (Saraca thaipingensis)This 8th instalment of our Butterflies' Larval Host Plants series features Saraca thaipingensis (Yellow Saraca), a species of...
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Butterfly of the Month - April 2016
Butterfly of the Month - April 2016The Two Spotted Line Blue (Nacaduba biocellata)All too soon, it's the fourth month of 2016 already! The weather in the northern hemisphere is rapidly warming up, as...
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Life History of the Conjoined Swift
Life History of the Conjoined Swift (Pelopidas conjunctus conjunctus)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Pelopidas Walker, 1870 Species: conjunctus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Sub-Species: conjunctus Herrich-Schäffer,...
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Ubin Field Survey 2016
Ubin Butterfly Survey 2016Outward Bound Singapore - West UbinAll aboard! Â ButterflyCircle and Seletar CC members at OBS UbinAt the invitation of OBS to conduct a butterfly survey on their premises on...
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The Rise & Fall of a Butterfly Garden
The Rise and Fall of a Butterfly GardenAlexandra Hospital Butterfly TrailEntrance to the Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail in Apr 2016It was a long while back in 2001 when the then-CEO of Alexandra...
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