Butterflies of Singapore

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Common Red Flash

Lesser Darkwing

Arhopala major

Rounded six-line blue

Common Tit

Abberant Oakblue

Arhopala abseus, the aberrant oakblue or aberrant bushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. Wikipedia Location: Choa Chu Kang and Bukit...

Archduke

The archdukes are a genus, Lexias, of tropical forest-dwelling butterflies that are common throughout Southeast Asia and Australasia. Members of the brush-footed butterfly family...

Arhopala major

Arhopala major is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia....

Autumn Leaf

Doleschallia bisaltide, the autumn leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia. In Australia it is also known as...

Bamboo Paintbrush Swift

Baoris farri, commonly known as the paintbrush swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India. Wikipedia Life History  of...

Bamboo Tree Brown

Scientific name: Lethe europa malaya This species is surprisingly rare in Singapore. Choa Chu Kang, July 2024

Banded Demon

Notocrypta paralysos, the banded demon or common banded demon, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India. Wikipedia Banded Demon Life Cycle by...

Baron

Euthalia aconthea, the common baron, often called simply baron, is a medium-sized nymphalid butterfly native to Sri Lanka, India and southeast Asia. It flies...

Bigg’s Brownwing

This species is locally common in certain areas and is often found in well-shaded localities on the fringes of nature reserves. The butterfly is...

Black Veined Tiger

Danaus melanippus, the black veined tiger, white tiger, common tiger, or eastern common tiger, is a butterfly species found in tropical Asia which belongs...

Blue Glassy Tiger

Ideopsis vulgaris, the blue glassy tiger, is a butterfly that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed...

Blue Jay – Graphium evemon

Graphium evemon, the blue jay, lesser jay, or pale green triangle is a species of tropical butterfly found in India, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Wikipedia https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2014/05/life-history-of-blue-jay.html Spotted at...

Blue Pansy

Junonia orithya is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through southern and south-eastern Asia, Cambodia and in Australia. In India, its...

Branded Imperial

Eooxylides tharis, the branded imperial, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1837. It is found in...

Burmese Bush Brown

Mycalesis perseoides, the Pachmarhi bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Asia Wikipedia Great documentation for this butterfly Life history from Butterfly Cycle Spotted at...