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Ever since the Butterfly Interest Group (BIG), previously
known as the Butterfly Subgroup of the NSS, started
conducting butterfly walks in the early nineties, there has been an
overwhelming need for a comprehensive guide. People we met
at the formal walks have mentioned that although there are
books on Singapore butterflies, most are too big and too
heavy to carry along and worst of all, not convenient to
use, particularly when identifying a butterfly with a book
in hand. What was sorely needed was something that can be
easily whipped out at a moment's notice and of a reasonable
size, yet contains enough information to identify most of
the butterfly species we frequently encounter. Hence BIG
came out with a pocket-sized, hand held, easily foldable
guide that was one and a half years in the making.......
BIG is
pleased to announce that we will be launching our very own
butterfly guide at the Singapore Botanical Gardens on
Sat Feb 2nd 2008.
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Errata for
1st edition |
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- Page 12. Swap Photo F with G.
Photo F is actually Zezeeria maha while
G is actually Zizula hylax
Reported by Simon Chan KM
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NSS
Butterfly Guide Launch Quiz
From Dec 25th till the launch, BIG will be
holding weekly quizzes
on our activities and the butterfly guide.
The first 5 persons who
send in the correct answer will receive
a complimentary copy
of the butterfly guide at the launch.
Each person is allowed to submit only one answer per quiz
and is
entitled to only 1 copy of the guide.
Winners will be announced
on BIG website and decisions
by BIG is final.
The winners will receive their copy of the
Butterfly Guide during the launch on
Sat Feb 2nd 2008 at the Singapore
Botanical Garden's Garden Briefing Room.
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Quiz 1 |
What butterfly
is featured on the cover page of the
NSS Butterfly
Guide ? (Hint
: It is from the Lycaenidae family)
Answer
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Yamfly
Winners : Tan Jia Ling,
Elizabeth Tan Swee Cheng |
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Quiz 2 |
Who led the 1998 NSS
butterfly walk at Sentosa
Island ?
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Hint : Answer can be found
in BIG website )
Answer
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Steven Neo
Winners : Ng Kim Tee,
Tan Yu Pin |
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Quiz 3 |
When was the Autumn
Leaf butterfly (Doleschallia
bisaltide)
first sighted by NSS
Butterfly Group ?
(
Hint : Answer can be found
in BIG website
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Answer
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October 16th 1999
Winners : Lim
Shien Loong,
Leon Tan Seng-Ki,
Andrew Qiang Bi, Fong Yew
Weng, Chua Kok Beng
Marcus |
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Quiz 4 |
How many butterfly photos
are there in the NSS
Butterfly Guide ? The
winners are the 5 entries
with the nearest answer at
the closed of the quiz.
(
Hint : The NSS Butterfly
Guide has 20 pages )
Answer
: 146 photos (144+ cover
+ back )
Winners : Peter Pak
Yew Guan, Gavin Ting,
Bucktha Seelan |
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Please send your answer
together with your full name and
contact number
to
BIG.
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