Butterfly of Singapore Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/butterfly-of-singapore Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:51:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Common Tit https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-tit?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-tit https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-tit#respond Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:33:00 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8873 Scientific name: Hypolycaena erylus teatus a small butterfly found in Southeast Asia that belongs to the lycaenid or blues family Location: Sungei Buloh, October 2025

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a small butterfly found in Southeast Asia that belongs to the lycaenid or blues family

Location: Sungei Buloh, October 2025

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-tit/feed 0 8873 Tree Flitter https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/tree-flitter?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tree-flitter https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/tree-flitter#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:56:09 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8083 Hyarotis adrastus, the tree flitter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Wikipedia Scientific name: Hyarotis adrastus Life History of the Tree Flitter by Butterflies of Singapore Location: Upper Seletar Reservoir – August 2022

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]]> Hyarotis adrastus, the tree flitter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Hyarotis adrastus

Life History of the Tree Flitter by Butterflies of Singapore

Location: Upper Seletar Reservoir – August 2022

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/tree-flitter/feed 0 8083 Eliot’s Cornelian https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/eliots-cornelian?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eliots-cornelian https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/eliots-cornelian#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:27:37 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8589 Scientific name: Deudorix elioti Location: Lornie PCN – March 2024

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Location: Lornie PCN – March 2024

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/eliots-cornelian/feed 0 8589 Pointed Line Blue https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/pointed-line-blue?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pointed-line-blue https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/pointed-line-blue#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:33:41 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8585 Scientific Name: Ionolyce helicon Ionolyce helicon, the pointed lineblue, or bronze lineblue, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Wikipedia Location: Lornie PCN – March 2024 Thanks, Low Jian Kai ButterflyCircle (Butterflies of Singapore) for the ID

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Ionolyce helicon, the pointed lineblue, or bronze lineblue, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Wikipedia

Location: Lornie PCN – March 2024

Thanks, Low Jian Kai ButterflyCircle (Butterflies of Singapore) for the ID

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/pointed-line-blue/feed 0 8585 Slate Flash https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/slate-flash?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slate-flash https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/slate-flash#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:04:18 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8574 Scientific Name: Rapala manea chozeba Rapala manea, slate flash, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of the Indomalayan realm. The wingspan is 24–26 mm. Adult males have dark brown wings with a hint of purple on the cell area of the wings. The underside is greyish brown with two […]

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Rapala manea, slate flash, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of the Indomalayan realm. The wingspan is 24–26 mm. Adult males have dark brown wings with a hint of purple on the cell area of the wings. The underside is greyish brown with two irregular bands. Wikipedia

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/slate-flash/feed 0 8574 Suffused Flash https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/suffused-flash?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suffused-flash https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/suffused-flash#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:23:02 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8569 Scientific name: Rapala suffusa barthema The distinctive yellow colour of the undersides of the females of this Rapala makes it quite distinct when it makes its appearance. Like its other cousins in the Rapala genus, it is a rapid flyer, and darts around bushes at high speeds. It is usually seen in the vicinity of […]

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The distinctive yellow colour of the undersides of the females of this Rapala makes it quite distinct when it makes its appearance. Like its other cousins in the Rapala genus, it is a rapid flyer, and darts around bushes at high speeds. It is usually seen in the vicinity of flowering trees.
The males are brownish red above, with a broad black forewing border, and appears purple-shot in a side light. Butterfly Circle

Location: Lornie PCN – April 2024

Thanks, Low Jian Kai ButterflyCircle (Butterflies of Singapore) for the ID

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/suffused-flash/feed 0 8569 Common Sailor https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-sailor?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-sailor https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-sailor#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:45:33 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8386 Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal. Wikipedia Scientific name: Neptis hylas Life History of the Common Sailor. by Butterflies of Singapore Location: Lornie PCN – Feb 2024

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]]> Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Neptis hylas

Life History of the Common Sailor. by Butterflies of Singapore

Location: Lornie PCN – Feb 2024

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-sailor/feed 0 8386 Malayan Lascar https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/malayan-lascar-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malayan-lascar-2 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/malayan-lascar-2#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 01:23:17 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8435 The Malayan Lascar (Lasippa tiga siaka) is the commonest of a group of look-alike butterflies in Singapore. The upperside of the species is black with broad orange bands. The ground colour on the underside is orange-yellow with deep grey bands. Butterfly Cycle Life Story of Malayan Lascar by Butterfly of Singapore Location: Lornie PCN – […]

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]]> The Malayan Lascar (Lasippa tiga siaka) is the commonest of a group of look-alike butterflies in Singapore. The upperside of the species is black with broad orange bands. The ground colour on the underside is orange-yellow with deep grey bands. Butterfly Cycle

Life Story of Malayan Lascar by Butterfly of Singapore

Location: Lornie PCN – Jan 2024

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/malayan-lascar-2/feed 0 8435 Large Four-Line Blue https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/large-four-line-blue?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=large-four-line-blue https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/large-four-line-blue#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:39:21 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8463 Nacaduba pactolus, the large four-line blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in Indomalayan realm. Wikipedia Scientific name: Nacaduba pactolus Life History of the Large Four-Line Blue by Butterflies of Singapore

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]]> Nacaduba pactolus, the large four-line blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in Indomalayan realm. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Nacaduba pactolus

Life History of the Large Four-Line Blue by Butterflies of Singapore

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/large-four-line-blue/feed 0 8463 Pale Mottle https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/pale-mottle?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pale-mottle https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/pale-mottle#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:57:05 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=8452 Logania marmorata, the pale mottle, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Wikipedia This butterfly shown here was resting on the stem of a plant where there were some ants. Although no aphids were evident in the photo, the presence of […]

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]]> Logania marmorata, the pale mottle, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Wikipedia

This butterfly shown here was resting on the stem of a plant where there were some ants. Although no aphids were evident in the photo, the presence of ants suggest that some aphids may be in the vicinity. The ants seemed to leave the butterfly alone and did not harm it. Source: Butterfly Circle

Location: Thomson Nature Park – March 2023

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