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Common Sailor

vids — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:45:33 +0000

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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Chequered Lancer

vids — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:51:08 +0000

Scientific name: Plastingia naga

Life History of the Chequered Lancer by Butterflies of Singapore

Physical Description of Adult Butterfly:

Above, the wings are brown with the forewing adorned with pale yellow hyaline spots in the cell-end and spaces 2, 3, 6 and 7, and a narrow yellow streak in space 1b. A series of interneural yellowish streaks is present in the hindwing. Beneath, the wings bear a striking pattern of black veins and whitish rectangular spots on a black background. The abdomen is black and white banded. ( Source: Butterflies of Singapore )

Location: Lornie PCN – Feb 2024

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Indigo Flash

vids — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:31:50 +0000

Scientific name: Rapala varuna orseis

Rapala varuna, the indigo flash, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. Wikipedia

Location: Lornie PCN – Feb 2024

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Cornelian

vids — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:13:56 +0000

Deudorix epijarbas, the cornelian or hairy line blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in south and southeast Asia from India to Fiji, including the Philippines, and also the tropical coast of Queensland in Australia. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Deudorix epijarbas cinnabarus

Location: Lornie PCN – Feb 2024

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Archduke

vids — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:31:43 +0000

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 Nymphalidae, the genus is represented by about 17 species. Wikipedia

Lexias pardalis, the common archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Scientific name: Lexias pardalis dirteana

Photos are Female Archdukes

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Royal Assyrian

vids — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 08:39:57 +0000

Terinos terpander, the royal Assyrian, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Terinos terpander robertsia

The Royal Assyrian is moderately rare in Singapore. The species is usually encountered in parts of the nature reserves where its host plant, Rinorea anguifera.

Life History of the Royal Assyrian by butterflies of singapore

Location: Upper Seletar Reservoir – Feb 2024

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Semanga superba deliciosa

vids — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 03:43:38 +0000

Semanga is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1884. Wikipedia

These small species are infrequently encountered in the nature reserves in Singapore.

Location: Lornie PCN – Feb 2024

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Common Rose

vids — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:14:29 +0000

Pachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia. Wikipedia

Check this Life History of this butterfly from Butterflies of Singapore page

Special thanks to Mr Foo Jit Leang for the guidance.

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Dark Glassy Tiger

vids — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 02:22:44 +0000

Parantica agleoides, the dark glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies Wikipedia

Spotted at Kranji, Dairy Farm

Life History of the Dark Glassy Tiger

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The presence of a transverse black bar in the forewing cell distinguishes the Blue Glassy Tiger from the Dark Glassy Tiger

On the Left is Blue Glassy Tiger, on the Right is Dark Glassy Tiger

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Blue Glassy Tiger

vids — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 02:06:53 +0000

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 butterflies family. Wikipedia

Spotted at Kranji

Life History of the Blue Glassy Tiger

The presence of a transverse black bar in the forewing cell distinguishes the Blue Glassy Tiger from the Dark Glassy Tiger

On the Left is Blue Glassy Tiger, on the Right is Dark Glassy Tiger

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