Sunday 31 December 2017

Butterflies of Tropical Rainforest - 2017

In the tropical rainforest, you will feel just like a child in a toy shop. There are so many things to explore and see within a day. Like birds and animals, there are also butterflies which are common as well as rare ones.

Here are some rare ones which i have came across recently.

Bamboo Tree-Brown (Lethe europa)

Palm King (Amathusia phidippus)

Tufted Jungle King (Thauria aliris)
The above photo was taken without a diffuser flash.


This one was taken with some flash.


Blue-banded Jungle Glory (Thaumantis odana)

All the above butterflies were very skittish except for the Palm King. Their comfort zone was very wide which prevented me from going closer.


Here are the more common ones.
Common Palmfly (Elymnias hypermnestra)
The single white costal hindwing spot should give away its identity.


The above butterfly looks very much like a "Tawny Palmfly" (Elymnias panthera)


Great Egg-fly (ssp H. b. jacintha)

Malayan Owl (Neorina lowii)



The above photos show a female Archduke (Lexias pardalis

Features: i) orange-tipped antennae
ii) larger size      


For comparison, the photo below shows a "Yellow Archduke" 
Yellow Archduke (Lexias canescens)

Common Bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon)




Darts can be difficult to distinguish so i will leave them to the experts. I can only guess that the above skipper might probably be a "Pale Palm Dart" (Telicota colon)


Enjoy the Natural World 
and 
HAPPY WATCHING BUTTERFLIES !

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