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Bush Browns of Singapore : Part 1
Bush Browns of Singapore : Part 1Featuring the Mycalesis species of SingaporeA female Dingy Bush Brown (Mycalesis perseus cepheus) perches on a moss-covered tree rootThe genus Mycalesis, collectively...
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Bush Browns of Singapore : Part 2
Bush Browns of Singapore : Part 2Featuring the Mycalesis species of SingaporeA Burmese Bush Brown (Mycalesis perseoides perseoides) puddling at damp sandIn this second part of the article on the Bush...
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Flying Tigers 3.0
Flying Tigers 3.0Featuring Singapore's Tiger ButterfliesAnd we're back again... Over twelve years ago, in Jan 2008, when we featured the different "Flying Tiger" species in Singapore, we had only five...
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Butterfly of the Month - November 2020
Butterfly of the Month - November 2020The Common Line Blue (Prosotas nora superdates)A Common Line Blue feeding at the flower of the Spanish Needle (Bidens alba)It is the 11th month of a tumultuous...
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Favourite Nectaring Plants #18
Butterflies' Favourite Nectaring Plants #18The Blood Flower (Asclepias curassavica)An orange-hindwinged form-chrysippus Plain Tiger feeding on the flowers of the Blood FlowerOur 18th feature plant in...
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The Disappearing Acts 2
The Disappearing Acts 2Now You See Me, Now You Don'tA No-Brand (or Small) Grass Yellow (Eurema brigitta senna) feeding on the flower of the Coat Buttons (Tridax procumbens)In an earlier blogpost about...
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Life History of the Banded Royal
Life History of the Banded Royal (Rachana jalindra burbona)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Rachana Eliot, 1978Species: jalindra Horsfield, 1829Subspecies: burbona Hewitson, 1878Wingspan of Adult Butterfly:...
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Butterfly of the Month - December 2020
Butterfly of the Month - December 2020 The Knight (Lebadea martha parkeri) A typical male Knight subspecies parkeri All too soon, it's already the final month of a very tumultuous year 2020. A year...
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Lascars of Singapore
The Lascars of SingaporeFeaturing the Lascar butterflies of SingaporeA Malayan Lascar perches on a leaf after a showerThe Lascar butterflies belong to a group of species under the sub-family...
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2020 - Looking Back
ButterflyCircle 2020 - Looking Back... The Year in ReviewA Banded Royal perches atop a fern, contemplating the year aheadThe year 2020 will most certainly go down in history as a year "where the world...
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Butterfly of the Month - January 2021
Butterfly of the Month - January 2021The Aberrant Oakblue (Arhopala abseus abseus)This is the first blogpost of the year, continuing the Butterfly of the Month series that started way back in December...
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Life History of the Angled Castor
Life History of the Angled Castor (Ariadne ariadne ariadne )Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Ariadne Horsfield, 1829Species: ariadne Linnaeus, 1763Subspecies: ariadne Linnaeus, 1763Wingspan of Adult Butterfly:...
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Butterfly of the Month - February 2021
Butterfly of the Month - February 2021The Burmese Sailor (Neptis leucoporos cresina)A Burmese Sailor feeding on the ripened fruit of the Singapore RhododendronToday is the last day of February 2021....
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Butterfly of the Month - March 2021
Butterfly of the Month - March 2021The Perak Lascar (Pantoporia paraka paraka)A Perak Lascar perched on the fruit of the Singapore RhodendronIn a few days' time, the first quarter of the year will be...
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Butterfly of the Month - April 2021
Butterfly of the Month - April 2021The Malay Yeoman (Cirrochroa emalea emalea)A Malay Yeoman puddling at a sandy streambankAlmost a third of 2021 has flown by, and the world is still playing a see-saw...
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Butterfly of the Month - May 2021
Butterfly of the Month - May 2021The Malay Tailed Judy (Abisara savitri savitri)A Malay Tailed Judy perched on a fern in its typical shaded habitat in the forest understoreyThe daily global news of...
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Butterfly of the Month - June 2021
Butterfly of the Month - June 2021The Dingy Line Blue (Petralaea dana dana)A Dingy Line blue puddling at a sandy streambank in the nature reserves in SingaporeThe final weekend of June is here, and it...
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Life History of the Silver Forget-me-not
Life History of the Silver Forget-Me-Not (Catochrysops panormus exiguus)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Catochrysops Boisduval, 1832Species: panormus C. Felder, 1860Subspecies: exiguus Distant, 1886Wingspan...
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Butterfly of the Month - July 2021
Butterfly of the Month - July 2021The Common Sailor (Neptis hylas papaja)A Common Sailor feeding on the ripened fruit of the Singapore Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum)We are well into the 2nd...
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Life History of the Spotted Flitter
Life History of the Spotted Flitter (Zographetus doxus)Butterfly Biodata:Genus: Zographetus Watson, 1893Species: panormus Eliot, 1959Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 30-32mm Caterpillar Local Host Plant:...
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