last updated on Dec 2001
Walks & Events

 
2002 Walks
  13/01 Kallang Riverside Park with Simon Chan
  Feb Chinese New Year - no butterfly walk
  Mar TBD
  Apr Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Steven Neo
2001 Walks
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 Elbowed Pierrot (Caleta elna elvira)

The Elbowed Pierrot (Caleta elna elvira) .

A freshly emerged specimen of an Elbowed Pierrot sipping moisture from the sand.

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  ..

Take this quiz to gauge your knowledge

They say I look exactly like a dead leaf,
When I fold up my wings and be really stiff,
If I'm disturbed I'll take off real quick,
To escape from predators for my own sake,
Revealing luscious brown and black forewing  tips,
Settling down on rotten fruit for a few hasty sips,
I'm also partial to a carcass or moist sand,
Go ahead and identify me if you can.
 
Which butterfly is this ? eMail your answer to BIG !

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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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