BIG - 2002 Oct

Updated on Oct 18th 2002

** NEWS **

Dark Jungle Glory (Thaumantis noureddin noureddin ) was sighted by Steven Chong at his house at Pavilion Circle. Dark Jungle Glory has not been sighted in Singapore for the last 10 years !

Photo Highlight ^{New !}

Royal Assyrian
(Terinos terpander robertsia)

The Royal Assyrian is a rather rare and shy butterfly, with luminous purple upperside. It is the only Terinos found in Singapore. This pristine specimen was probably freshly hatched and drying its wings when it was photographed at the Central Catchment area. more ..

Expert Insight

Polyura schreiber tisamenus
aka 'The Blue Nawab'

The rarer of two known species from the genus Polyura in Singapore, this insect is a medium sized butterfly with black wings above which is easily identified from the other, especially in set collections as the white median band is ornamented with blue.
Find out more about this butterfly from this article by BIG more ..

Butterfly Articles

Flying Flowers^{New !}
by Steven Neo, Betty L Khoo and Andrew Tay

The sight of butterflies flitting and feeding from flower to flower is something that urban Singaporeans can still appreciate in our parks, but probably few make the connection between the worm-like fat caterpillar that chews up the leaves of plants and the gorgeous butterfly with its exquisitely delicate wings. more ...

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 ...

Butterfly Sightings

24/09/02	Sighted Thaumantis noureddin noureddin (Dark Jungle Glory)
22/09/02	Sighted Flos diardi capeta ovipositing on at Upper Pierce.
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

Calender

2002 Butterfly Walks
	13/01	Kallang Riverside -SC
	16/03	Bukit Timah - SN
	13/04	Bukit Timah - G
	26/05	Sungei Buloh - JL
	08/06	SICC - SC
	21/07	Alexandar Hospital - G
	11/08	Pulau Ubin - SC
	22/09	Upper Seletar - G
	13/10	Bukit Batok - JL
	Nov	No Butterfly walk
	Dec	No Butterfly walk

Photo Gallery

Butterfly Walks ^{New !}

Caterpillars ^{New !}

Common urban butterflies

Chocolate Pansy

Common Grass Yellow

Common Palmfly

Lemon Emigrant

Lesser Grass Blue

Lime Butterfly

Orange Emigrant

Painted Jezebel

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