Butterfly (12) - Black Rajah (Charaxes solon echo)

(Rifle Range Road)

Butterfly (11) - Common Five Rings (Ypthima baldus newboldi)

(Holland Wood - 23 Aug 09)

Butterfly (10) - Common Evening Brown, 暮眼蝶 (Melanitis leda leda)

(Wild Wild West, 5 Sep 09)

Butterfly (9) - Leopard (Phalanta phalantha phalantha)

(West Coast Park, 28 Feb 08)

Butterfly (8) - Dark Brand Bush Brown (Mycalesis mineus macromalayana)

(Holland Wood, 7 Jun 08)

Butterfly (7) - Peacock Pansy, 美眼蛺蝶 (Junonia almana javana)

(Holland Wood, 3 Mar 08)


(Venus Drive, 1 Jul 08)

Butterfly (6) - Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya wallacei)

(Male - Wild Wild West, 4 Oct 08)


(Female - Dairy Farm Nature Trail, 27 Feb 10)

Butterfly (5) - Branded Imperial (Eooxylides tharis distanti)

(Chestnut Avenue, 4 Aug 09)

Butterfly (4) - Lime Butterfly, 达摩凤蝶 (Papilio demoleus malayanus)

(Jurong Wood, 13 Dec 08)

Butterfly (3) - Long Banded Silverline, 银线灰蝶 (Spindasis lohita senama)

(29 Jun 09, Lorong Halus)

Butterfly (2) : Plain Tiger, 金斑蝶, 樺斑蝶 (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus)

(Hort Park - 16 Jun 09)

Butterfly (1) - Mottled Emigrant, 梨花迁粉蝶 (Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe)

Most butterflies are very skittish to human and my success rate of getting a reasonable shot of it is very low. This Mottled Emigrant, which I originally thought to be a Lemon Emigrant, is one exception. It was spotted in a mid-morning flying around me and suddenly perched on a leaf near. To my surprise, it stayed there for more than 20 minutes for me to adjust and refine my shots.

(Holland Wood - 30 May 09)

It was so cooperative that I was even able to go very near to get this close-up shot of its face region.


(Holland Wood - 30 May 09)