last updated on Nov 2001
Feature
A Startling Discovery by BWR
On October 16th 1999, Butterfly Watching & Research Group (BWR) members Andrea Hoffman and Steven Neo, discover a new species of butterfly,  the Autumn Leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide australis) buttefly, during a BWR walk at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Cycling Trail.  Read Andrea's account of the discovery here and Khew Sin Khoon's article on the potential impact of this new species to local species of butterflies and flora in Singapore.

 
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

 
20/11/01 - Sighted Cabbage White (Pieris canidia) ovipositing on Purple Cleome  (Cleome rutidosperma) at UKallang Riverside Park (Simon)
03/11/01 - Sighted Royal Assyrian (Terinos terpander) at Upper Pierce Reservoir. (Khew, Gan)
20/10/01 - The Leopards (Phalantha phalantha) are back in full force at the Willow tree at Upper Seletar Reservoir. (Khew, Gan)
22/09/01 - Sighted female Hypolimnas bolina jacintha and Grand Imperial (Neocheritra amrita) at Upper Pierce Reservoir (Simon and Gan).

Articles

 

"Ghost of the Malayan Forests" by Simon Chan Kee Mun

 Have you ever seen a ghostly apparition under the forest canopy? Some recall seeing faraway objects akin to pieces of paper floating about at the fringe of the forest. Yet others think that the objects are just seeds of some primeval forest trees with enormous wings so that they could be carried by the wind to some distant land. Little do they realise that it really is a butterfly of immense wingspan, exceptional grace and delicate beauty ...
 

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Photo Highlight ..

The Blue Helen (Papilio prexaspes prexaspes)

The Blue Helen (Papilio prexaspes prexaspes) is another recent discovery in Singapore. It frequents forest fringes and looks like the Great Helen (Papilio iswara iswara).

Expert Insight ..

The Orange Emigrant (Catopsilia scylla cornelia),  a close cousin of the Lemon Emigrant is commonly seen along road side and parks.
Learn all you ever need to know about Orange
Emigrant from this article by the  BIG expert  ..

Take this quiz to gauge your knowledge


Wherever you find lime bushes is where you'll find me,
My job is thankless and I am always busy as a bee,
Searching for new leaves to lay my clutch of eggs,
In the safest of places all for my children's sakes,
Each half is yellow and black with a blue and red spot,
I fly swiftly as though in a hurry but am actually not,
People say that I look very much like my husband,
So come on, give it a try, what do you reckon?
 
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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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