Updated on Sep 22nd  2002

  Walks & Events

 
 
 
  Sightings

 
08/09/02 - Sighted Unkana ambasa batara (Hoary Palmer) and Spindasis lohita senama (Long Banded Silverline) at Kranji.
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
 
 
  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..

 

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 Photo Highlight

 

Long Banded Silverline (Spindasis lohita senama )

This is one of the only two Spindasis that can be found in Singapore 

 Expert Insight
 
Polyura schreiber tisamenus  aka 'The Blue Nawab' is the rarest of the 2 Nawabs found in Singapore. Find out more about this butterfly from this article by BIG  ..
 
 Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

 
Photos of Sep 2002 butterfly walk at Upper Seletar Reservoir

Butterfly
Walks

 

Caterpillars

 
 Chart
 
Common urban butterflies in Singapore

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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