BIG - 2002 April

Updated on April 5th 2002

A new Singapore species - Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana

Another new Singapore species !
Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana

At first glance, this skipper, a Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana looks like a species from the genus Tagiades or Snow Flats in terms of its flight and characteristic of settling with open wings. First sighted in Dec 2001 and recently photographed during BIG's public walk at the Bukit Timah Cycling Track, this species was not recorded here before until now.

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
	26/05	Sungei Buloh Nature Park with Jing Ling
	08/06	Singapore Island Country Club with Steven Neo
2001 Walks
	20/10	Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Gan Cheong Weei
	11/11	Pasir Ris Park with Simon Chan


Sightings

	29/03/02 - Sighted Psyche (Leptosia nina malayana) ovipositing on Purple Cleome (Cleome rutidosperma) at Upper Pierce (Gan,Simon & Khew)
	17/03/02 - Found Iraota rochana boswelliana caterpillars on Ficus spp at Telok Blangah Hill Park (Simon and Jing Ling).
	16/03/02 - Sighted Chocolate albatross and Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana (new) 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

	Butterfly Watching & Photographing at West Coast Park by Ben Jin This is one of my favorite places for watching and photographing butterflies and for family outings. Down here at Car Park No. 2, we enjoy our picnic together, do some reading under the shade of trees, cycling and sometimes my kids even go round hunting for butterflies so that I can photograph them.
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Photo Highlight ..

The Iraoto rochana boswelliana.

The Iraota rochana males have brilliant blue while the females have lush brown on the upper sides.

Expert Insight ..

The Mottled Emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe).

Find out more about this butterfly from this article by the BIG ..

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Take this test to gauge your butterfly knowledge :

In the morning you’ll find me buzzing around,
On forest paths, just a few inches above the ground,
At times, I enjoy relaxing on a leaf or a twig,
You’ll have to look very close for I’m not very big,
Sometimes, a few of us would congregate to eat,
A delicacy that is actually known as bird shit,
Being white and black really sets me apart,
And to top it off, I was named after a body part.

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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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