| Place |
: |
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve - quarry side (BTNR) |
| Date |
: |
20-10-2001, Saturday |
| Type |
: |
Public walk |
| Participants |
: |
10 : Gan CW, Simon, Jing Ling,Helen, Ji Chuan, Elizabeth, R.F. Ollington,
Foo and 2 participants |
| Total Counts |
: |
31 |
| Highlights |
: |
2 luminous blue moth, Magpie Crows, Great
Mormon, Banded Demon |
| Submitted By |
: |
Simon Chan, Gan CW |
This is our 2nd
walk at BTNR this year but this time, we took the track that leads us
pass the Hindhede quarry. Gan and Simon served as the guides for
this trip. The weather was hot and humid and the whole walk lasted about
2 and a half hours.
All in all, we counted 31 species of butterflies and 5 moths. We
also spotted many caterpillars (most likely Common Mormon) on the
Indian Curry Leaf (Murraya koenigii) plant and caterpillars
feeding on Bird Nest fern.
More photos from the walk can be found at the
Butterfly Walk Photo Gallery.
These are the list of butterflies seen at
the
walk :
1. Papilio memnon (Great Mormon)
2. Papilio polytes (Common Mormon)
3. Papilio prexaspes (Blue Helen)
4. Papilio demolion (Banded Swallowtail)
5. Graphium sarpedon (Common Bluebottle)
6. Chilasa clytia (Common Mime)
7. Delias hyparete (Painted Jezebel)
8. Catopsilia pomona (Lemon Emigrant)
9. Eurema hecabe (Common Grass Yellow)
10. Euploea eyndhovii (Striped Black Crow)
11. Euploea radamanthus (Magpie
Crow)
12. Elymnias hypermnestra (Common Palmfly)
13. Junonia hedonia (Chocolate Pansy)
14. Vindula dejone (Cruiser)
15. Lascar spp.
16. Doleschallia bisaltide (Autumn Leaf)
17. Hypolimnas anomala (Malayan Egg Fly)
18. Hypolimnas bolina (Great Egg Fly)
19. Cethosia hypsea (Malay Lacewing)
20. Lebadea martha (Knight)
21. Euthalia monina - female (Malay Baron)
22. Polyura hebe
23. Drupadia ravindra (Common Posy)
24. Eooxylides tharis (Branded Imperial)
25. Neopithecops zalmora zalmora
26. Chilades pandava (Cycad Blue)
27. Jamides celeno (Common Caerulean)
28. Arhopala spp.
29. Iambrix salsala (Chestnut Bob)
30. Notocrypta paralysos (Banded Demon)
31. Potanthus spp.
See also :
Report from the 21st May 2001 BTNR walk |
Hypolimnas anomala
(Malayan Egg Fly)
Polyura hebe basking under the sun
Arhopala spp.
A tattered Common Posy (Drupadia ravindra)
Chilades pandava
(Cycad Blue)
|
'Batwing' like moth
'Magpie Crow' like moth
Another luminous moth !
Moth caterpillars feeding
on Bird Nest fern
Common Mormon caterpillar
on India Curry Leaf plant |
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