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Col John N. Eliot
passed away on 11th April 2003 |
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It is a sad day for butterfly enthusiasts in the
Southeast Asian region as another legend has come to pass.
Col John N. Eliot, one of the foremost
butterfly gurus of the Southeast Asian region, passed away on 11th Apr
2003. He was responsible for the excellent update to
Corbet & Pendlebury's "Butterflies of the Malay
Peninsula" 4th Edition, and also, with Henry Barlow,
managed to persuade the Malaysian Nature Society to publish the book
and to make the book affordable to enthusiasts. For such an excellent
work, the price of the book is very much lower than many other lesser
works.
Col Eliot was in his 90's when he suffered a stroke and was diagnosed
with a tumour, some time in late 2002.
Col Eliot was working on a supplementary addition to C&P4 at the time
of his death. There will be others who will carry on his last piece of
work and to ensure that he will be long remembered in Malaysia and
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Attacus atlas
The Atlas Moth |
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The Atlas moth is one of the largest (~25cm) moth in Singapore. Unlike butterflies, the
caterpillar of the Atlas moth (and most other moths) feeds
on many type of plants, including Guava, Ginger, Melastoma
and Soursop plant. This photo shows a
just emerged Atlas moth drying its wings on its pupa case.
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Polyura hebe plautus
The Plain Nawab
The commoner of the two known species of the genus Polyura
in Singapore. The butterfly is greenish white above and
the forewing has a broad black apical border, which is
very wide at the apex, but decreases in width towards the
tornus and base of the costa. Find out more about this butterfly from
this
article.
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Saved from
the Fog of Hell !
By Steven Neo - Apr 2003
"Steven, Steven, I need your help. The
Birdwing has just hatched but the pest control
guys are coming any minute to fog my garden! "
For one blur moment, as I held the phone,
I wondered if I was the victim of an April
Fool's joke.
But the desperate tone of Evelyn's voice sank in and I
recalled that the beautiful Birdwing Butterflies were breeding in her
condo garden ...
more ...
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Flying Flowers
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 ...
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12/04/03 |
Sighted Bindahara phocides
phocides
at Upper Seletar |
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01/03/03 |
Sighted Danaus melanippus
hegesippus (Black Veined Tiger)
at Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail |
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08/02/03 |
Sighted Zizeeria maha serica
at Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail |
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04/01/03 |
Sighted Euploea tulliolus
ledederi (Dwarf Crow) at Sime Forest. |
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01/01/03 |
Singted a pair of Idea leuconoe
clara at Sime Forest again ! |
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08/12/02 |
Sighted two Idea leuconoe clara
at Sime Forest |
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03/10/02 |
Sighted many Miletus symethus
petronius at Mandai Orchid Garden |
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24/09/02 |
Sighted Thaumantis noureddin noureddin (Dark Jungle Glory) |
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22/09/02 |
Sighted Flos diardi capeta
ovipositing on at Upper Pierce. |
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08/09/02 |
Sighted
Unkana ambasa batara (Hoary
Palmer) and
Spindasis
lohita senama (Long
Banded Silverline) at Kranji. |
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11/08/02 |
Sighted
Polyura schreiber tisamenus
(Blue Nawab) ovipositing on Rambutan leaves and
Euploea tulliolus lederi
(Dwarf Crow) at Pulau Ubin.
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09/08/02 |
Sighted
Cupha
erymanthis lotis (Rustic)
ovipositing on
Flacourtia rukam
at Upper Pierce. |
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