BIG - 2002 Aug

Updated on Aug 26th 2002

News

   Re-discovered Euploea tulliolus lederi (The Dwarf Crow) at Pulau Ubin. The Drawf Crows have not been
     sighted in Singapore for the last 10 years !
   The BIG website has been moved to NSS server . Update your bookmark with our new address :
                                          http://www.nss.org.sg\butterflysingapore

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 Wetland Reserve with Jing Ling
	08/06	Singapore Island Country Club with Simon Chan
	21/07	Alexandar Hospital butterfly trail with Gan Cheong Weei
	11/08	Pulau Ubin with Simon Chan
	22/09	Upper Seletar Reservoir with Gan Cheong Weei
	13/10	Bukit Batok Nature Park with Simon Chan


Sightings

	11/08/02 - Sighted Polyura schreiber tisamenus (Blue Nawab) ovipositing on Rambutan leaves and Euploea tulliolus lederi (Dwarf Crow) at Pulau Ubin.
	09/08/02 - Sighted Cupha erymanthis lotis (Rustic) ovipositing on Flacourtia rukam at Upper Pierce.
	06/07/02 - Sighted Badamia exclamationis (Brown Awl) and Hasora vitta (>10) on flowering tree at West Coast Park.
	30/06/02 - Sighted many Surendra vivarna (Acacia Blue) on sugar cane and Pandita sinope (more than 5) at Kranji Marshes
	22/06/02 - Discovered another new Singapore species - Pelopidas assamensis at Mandai area.
	26/05/02 - Sighted a Short Banded Sailor (Phaedyma columella singa) caterpillar feeding on Sea Derris at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

Articles

	From the Diary of a Heartbroken Surrogate Father by Simon Chan It was a sunny day in September that I first laid eyes on "my baby". From the looks of it, she had been abandoned by her mother. You could tell because she was all alone. All around her was filth and grime, made even more nauseous by the close proximity to a sewerage drain..
	more ...

Photo Highlight

Common Faun (Faunis canens arcesilas) caterpillar

Caterpillar of the
Common Faun
(Faunis canens arcesilas )

The Common Faun caterpillar is hairy and
can grow up to 7 cm
long !


Expert Insight

Commom Palmfly - Elymnias hypermnestra agina

The Common Palmfly
( Elymnias hypermnestra agina )
is one of the most common urban butterflies in Singapore.
Find out more about this butterfly from this article by the BIG ..


Photo Gallery

	Butterfly Walks

	Caterpillars

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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