| Place |
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Bukit Timah
Nature Reserve, Cycling trail (entrance) |
| Date |
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Saturday 26th May
2001 |
| Type |
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Public walk |
| Participants |
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Simon Chan, Subaraj
About 12 |
| Total Counts |
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43 |
| Highlights |
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Great Mormon
female form distantianus,
Odina hieroglyphica ortina
('Hieroglyphic' skipper)
Grey Pansy & Peacock Pansy.
Rapala domitia domitia ('Yellow Rapala')
Common Birdwing (female)
Abisara geza niya
Oriental whip snake |
| Submitted By |
: |
Simon Chan |
Hi All
Saturday 26th May was the BWR official walk at the above place. It was a
glorious day.
Saw a wild Great Mormon female form distantianus for the very first time
in Singapore. The only other time I saw it was in PJ home many years back
when I was a boy of 12 years. Then there was the Odina hieroglyphica
ortina ('Hieroglyphic' skipper) and the rare Grey Pansy and not so rare
Peacock Pansy.
Followed by a Rapala domitia domitia ('Yellow Rapala') and a Common
Birdwing (female). Also seen was an Abisara geza niya which I have not
seen for a long time.
During the walk we bumped into an Oriental whip snake and I've got a
picture to prove it (one member was holding the snake with the guidance of
Subaraj). Also at the stream, we saw many Walking Catfish (id provided by Subaraj)......
You can see the some photos from this walk at
the Butterfly Walk Photo Gallery.The list of butts seen at the above site include:
1. Chocolate Pansy
2. Peacock Pansy
3. Grey Pansy
4. Cruiser
5. Common Caerulean
6. Autumn Leaf (many and one female laying eggs)
7. Great Mormon (many males & one female distantianus)
8. Common Mormon (many males & one each of the
female forms)
9. Polyura hebe plautus
10. Lemon Emigrant (many males and females)
11. Elbowed Pierrot
12. Common Posy
13. Branded Imperial
14. Prosotas spp.
15. Nacaduba spp.
16. Neptis leucoporus cresina
17. Lance Sergeant
18. Common Birdwing (a female)
19. Tawny Palmfly
20. Common Palmfly
21. Common Bluebottle
22. Tailed Green Jay
23. Common Four Ring
24. Mycalesis spp
25. Common Grass Yellow
26. Chocolate Grass Yellow
27. Rapala domitia domitia ('Yellow Rapala')
28. Commander
29. Lascar spp.
30. Common Faun
31. Painted Jezebel
32. Malay Viscount
33. Malay Baron (a female)
34. Horsfield's Baron (males)
35. Archduke (males)
36. Abisara geza niya
37. Odina hieroglyphica ortina ('Hieroglyphic' skipper)
38. Chestnut Bob (skipper)
39. Colour Sergeant
40. Psyche
41. Dart spp. (skipper)
42. Yamfly
43. Rustic
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