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Butterfly of the Month - January 2020
Butterfly of the Month - January 2020The Malay Viscount (Tanaecia pelea pelea)We crossed into a new decade a couple of weeks back, as the world celebrated the New Year 2020. I wonder if anyone made...
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Gong Xi Fa Cai 2020
Gong Xi Fa Cai 2020Chinese New Year Butterfly Tea CupsThe series of six Chinese New Year butterfly teacups with a feature butterfly for each year from 2015 - 2020Just a little over six years ago, when...
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Emigrants of Singapore
Emigrants of SingaporeFeaturing the Catopsilia butterfly speciesA Mottled Emigrant feeding on the flowers of the Javanese Ixora (Ixora javanica)Amongst the bright and noticeable urban butterfly species...
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Butterfly of the Month - February 2020
Butterfly of the Month - February 2020The Banded Demon (Notocrypta paralysos varians)A mating pair of Banded DemonToday is the 15th day of the 2020 Lunar New Year, also known as the The Lantern...
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Polymorphism in Butterflies
Polymorphism in ButterfliesUnderstanding "forms" in ButterfliesA newly-eclosed female Common Mormon f-cyrus perches on a vineIn earlier articles on sexual dimorphism (Part 1 and Part 2), we took a look...
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Mahua 2020 - Part 1
Travelogue - Mahua 2020 : Part 1Back to Mahua Waterfall in SabahAfter a very fruitful trip on our maiden outing to Mahua Waterfall last year, we started planning for a return trip in 2020. We decided...
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Mahua 2020 - Part 2
Travelogue - Mahua 2020 : Part 2Back to Mahua Waterfall in SabahThe pretty Kinabalu Lass perching on a leaf. This species is endemic to Borneo and one of our favourite butterflies of this tripDay 4...
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Butterfly of the Month - March 2020
Butterfly of the Month - March 2020The Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis lampa)A Lesser Grass Blue perches on a dried flower headIt is the month of March 2020 already, and the world seems like a changed...
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Favourite Nectaring Plants #17
Butterflies' Favourite Nectaring Plants #17The Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)A male Plain Tiger feeding on the flowers of the Globe AmaranthAdding on to our series of butterflies' favourite...
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Lepidoptera exotica
Lepidoptera exotica : The Non-NativesExotic butterfly species in SingaporeAn "exotic" species in Singapore, the Great Orange Tip Recently, I attended a workshop conducted by NParks to discuss the...
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A Tale of Two Kings
A Tale of Two KingsFeaturing : The King Crow and Palm KingTwo Kings amongst the Singapore butterfly faunaWhenever the title of "King" is conferred to a person, a thing or an animal, it bestows on the...
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Lepidoptera exotica - Part 2
Lepidoptera exotica Pt 2 : The VagrantsExotic butterfly species in SingaporeThe Indian Red Admiral, a medium elevation species, was spotted in Singapore at Mt Faber Park in 2008In this 2nd part of...
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Butterfly of the Month - April 2020
Butterfly of the Month - April 2020The Spotted Grass Dart (Taractrocera ardonia lamia)The month of April 2020 may go down in modern history as the world's worst month in terms of a global pandemic. The...
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It Takes Two! : Part 1
It Takes Two! : Part 1Â a.k.a. Butterfly Sex!A mating pair of Leopard Lacewing holding on to a vineNow that I have caught your attention with the 'S' word, please read on... But before anyone goes off...
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It Takes Two! : Part 2
It Takes Two! : Part 2 a.k.a. Butterfly Sex!A mating pair of Common Posy resting on a leaf In this 2nd part of the series featuring mating butterflies, we investigate the diversity of mating species...
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Hidden in Plain Sight!
Hidden in Plain Sight!Discovery of the female Malay Staff SergeantAbstract of the paper published in Raffles Bulletin of ZoologyThe recent publication of our paper in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology...
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Butterfly of the Month - May 2020
Butterfly of the Month - May 2020The Pointed Ciliate Blue (Anthene lycaenina miya)A female Pointed Ciliate Blue perched on an inflorescence of a String BushWe have crossed the half-way mark of the...
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Butterfly Photography
Butterfly PhotographyMy Digital Journey - 2001-2010A Banded Swallowtail (Papilio demolion demolion) on a Stinkhorn fungus. Taken with the Nikon Coolpix 995I have been photographing butterflies since...
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Butterfly Photography - Part 2
Butterfly PhotographyMy Digital Journey - 2011-2020A Fivebar Swordtail (Graphium antiphates itamputi) puddling. Taken with the Nikon D3S and Tamron 180mm macroMy butterfly digital photography journey...
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The COVID-19 Effect
The COVID-19 EffectA National Lockdown, Wildflowers and ButterfliesIt is hard to read any news portal or watch a TV broadcast today and avoid the dreaded C-word. The pandemic is a global phenomenon,...
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