BIG - 2002 March

Updated on Mar 8 2002

A gem of a discovery !

On 23rd Feb 2002, BIG explored an area around Upper Pierce that the group have not ventured before. On reaching there, we spotted what looked like a male Eulaceura osteria kumana in flight. As it turned out, it was a male Charaxes solon echo, the sole species and the smallest of its genus found here. We could only identify it when it settled on a branch of a tree displaying its underside with two tails on each hindwing. This is a new discovery and one of the rarest find for Singapore.

Walks & Events

2002 Walks
	13/01	Kallang Riverside Park with Simon Chan
	16/03	Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Steven Neo
	13/04	Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Gan Cheong Weei
2001 Walks
	16/9	Fort Canning Park with Simon Chan
	23/9	Singapore Botanical Garden with Simon Chan
	20/10	Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Gan Cheong Weei
	11/11	Pasir Ris Park with Simon Chan

Sightings

	17/03/02 - Found Iraota rochana boswelliana caterpillars on Ficus platypoda at Telok Blangah Hill Park (Simon and Jing Ling).
	16/03/02 - Sighted Chocolate albatross and Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana at BTNR (Steven, Simon) and Bindahara phocides phocides at Upper Pierce (Khew, Gan).
	23/02/02 - Discovered a new species, Charaxes solon echo and sighted a female Polyura schreiber tisamenus at Upper Pierce. (Khew, Steven, Simon & Gan).
	27/01/02 - Sighted the rare Dark Blue Jungle Glory (Thaumantis klugius lucipor) at Sime Forest. (Simon & Gan).
	01/01/02 - Found Blue Nawab (Polyura schreiber tisamenus) caterpillars feeding on Saga (Adenanthera pavonina) leaves along Old Upper Thomson Road. (Simon & Khew).

Articles

Colours in the breeze - Butterflies of the Gardens
By Khew Sin Khoon

In the pre-dawn hours at the Botanical Gardens, the final stage of the metamorphosis of the Common Birdwing (Troides helena) is taking place. High up in the canopy of an Angsana tree, an almost indiscernible wriggle starts off a series of movements in the pupa which culminate in the emergence of a female Common Birdwing ....

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Photo Highlight ..

The Courtesan (Euripus nyctelius eupleoides) -f euploeoides.

This female Courtesan mimics the female Magpie Crow.

Expert Insight ..

The Mottled Emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe).

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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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