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  1. #1
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    Default Well done, lads!

    Guys: An excellent job! That's impressive: 42! Congratulations! I do so want to join in one of these great adventures one day! William
    William B. Folsom

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    Went to the Zoo today.

    Adding on to the list :

    Skippers
    - Common Redeye
    - Brown Awl

    Lycaenids
    - Rapala sp. (Too worn out to tell)
    - Peacock Royal (On mistletoe growing on nutmeg tree in herb garden next to fragile forest)
    - Branded Imperial (Flying past outside reptile house)
    - Centaur Oakblue
    - Pale Grass Blue (feeding on bidens at herb garden)
    - Lesser Grass Blue (feeding on bidens at herb garden)
    - Miletus sp. (Unsure, only landed for awhile)

    Swallowtails
    - Lime Butterfly (at carpark)

    Nympahlidae
    - Purple Duke (a few, outside hamadryas baboon enclosure)
    - Rustic (one, at elephant enclosure)
    - Plain Nawab (2, at african side, near zebras)
    - Baron (1, at herb garden)

    Did not manage to shoot all the above, but here are some..

    Common Redeye, saw a few. first record shot



    and a second better shot...



    Brown Awl. Perching in broad daylight on a pillar. Very friendly. wing tip OOF



    Chocolate Demon, very common everywhere



    Centaur Oakblue. Saw a handful here and there.



    Malay Baron, a male feeding on a ginger flower.



    Chocolate pansy, everywhere.


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    Thanks for adding to the list, Lemon.

    Didn't see any Metallic Caeruleans today?
    Khew SK
    Butterflies of Singapore BLOG
    Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try

  4. #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Commander View Post
    Thanks for adding to the list, Lemon.

    Didn't see any Metallic Caeruleans today?
    nope,

    couldn't find that butterfly trail with the leea rubra. only seen the metallic caerulean at the torch ginger plantation near NTU.

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    Beautiful Brown Awl
    EC Goh

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