Leopard Butterfly Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/leopard-butterfly Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:54:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Leopard Butterfly https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/leopard-butterfly?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leopard-butterfly https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/leopard-butterfly#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:25:38 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=1449 Phalanta phalantha, the common leopard or spotted rustic, is a sun-loving butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family. Wikipedia The common leopard is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 50–55 mm with a tawny colour and marked with black spots. The underside of the butterfly is more glossy than the upper and both the male […]

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]]> Phalanta phalantha, the common leopard or spotted rustic, is a sun-loving butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family. Wikipedia

The common leopard is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 50–55 mm with a tawny colour and marked with black spots. The underside of the butterfly is more glossy than the upper and both the male and female are similar looking. A more prominent purple gloss on the underside is found in the dry-season form of this butterfly

Spotted at Kranji and Choa Chu Kang Park

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