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Kallang Riverside Park butterfly walk
 Of Sun, Surf, Sand and Splendid Butterflies - Sunday 20th May 2001 proved to be an exciting day as we ventured into the stronghold of the Cabbage White butterfly for the very first time ..
List of butterflies sighted during the walk
Walks & Events

 
20/5 Kallang Riverside Park with Simon Chan
26/5 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Gan Cheong Weei
10/6 MacRitchie Trail with Steven Neo
15/7 East Coast Park with Simon Chan
22/7 Bukit Batok Nature Park with Sabrina Tan
19/8 Singapore Island Country Club with Gan Cheong Weei

16/9

 Fort Canning Park with Simon Chan
23/9 Singapore Botanical Garden with Gan Cheong Weei
20/10 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Gan Cheong Weei
  11/11 Pasir Ris Park with Simon Chan
  Dec

 === No butterfly walk in December ===

Sightings

 
22/09/01 - Sighted female Hypolimnas bolina jacintha at Upper Pierce Reservoir (Simon and Gan).
25/08/01 - Sighted female Hypolimnas bolina jacintha at West Coast Park (Gan).

19/08/01 - Sighted Dark Blue Jungle Glory (Thaumantis klugius) at Upper Pierce Reservoir (Khew).
22/07/01 - Sighted many Prosotas spp  flying around Rain Trees at many locations in Singapore (Steven, Simon). 
03/07/01 - Sighted many Plain Tigers (Danaus chrysippus) flying around the Calotropis gigantea plant at the Malayan Railway guard house along Choa Chu Kang Road (Steven).
10/06/01 - Sighted 2 female Saturns (Zeuxidia amethystus) and Royal Assyrian (Terinos terpander) at MacRitchie Reservoir Trail (BIG)

Articles

 
"BUTTERFLY" by Simon Chan Kee Mun

B - Beautiful to admire whether near or afar,
U - Under the bright sun you shine like a star,
T - Totally immersed in your daily feedings,
T - Titillating all with your colorful wings,
E - Ever so often you flit from flower to flower,
R - Rarely stopping for more than half an hour,
F - Flashes of your brilliance filled the meadows,
L - Livening up my mind away from all worldly woes,
Y - You finally fluttered away into the blue yonder.

 
Photo Highlight ..

A mating pair of Lesser Grass Blue resting on Coat Button flower.
The larger one at the top is a male while the smaller one at the bottom is a female.
 

Expert Insight ..

The Lemon Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona pomona), one of the first few species to be encountered by beginner butterfly enthusiast, comes in many different 'forms'.

 Let  the  BIG expert reveals the differences ..

Take the Quiz ..

 

Take this test to gauge your butterfly knowledge :
We will start this section with a simple quiz.  What butterfly is this ? 
Please email your answer to BIG.
Answer will be revealed in October.

Top of the chart

Common Urban butterflies :
1. Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
2. Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
3. Lemon Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona)
4. Orange Emigrant (Catopsilia scylla)
5. Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete)
6. Chocolate Pansy (Junonia hedonia)
7. Common Palmfly (Elymnias hypermnestra)
8. Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis)

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