Gardens By the Bay Butterfly Sightings

[Blue Nawab]

Thanks to GB for the arrangements, Khew for leading and co-ordinating and members for the great companies!
Here are my sightings for today (19 May 2013)

Small Branded Swift (Pelopidas mathias mathias)



Tawny Coster (Acraea violae)


Dark Glassy Tiger (Parantica agleoides agleoides)


Leopard (Phalanta phalantha plalantha)


Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus)

[Commander]

Thanks for starting this thread, Cher Hern. I've asked Juliana to send me a digital copy of the map so that we can plot into the grid where the butts were spotted. A list below for today's outing. Please add on the species that you've spotted as well.

1. Papilio demoleus malayanus (Lime Butterfly)
2. Danaus genutia genutia (Common Tiger)
3. Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)
4. Parantica ageloides agleoides (Dark Glassy Tiger)
5. Euploea mulciber mulciber (Striped Blue Crow)
6. Eurema hecabe contubernalis (Common Grass Yellow)
7. Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Mottled Emigrant)
8. Catopsilia pomona pomona (Lemon Emigrant)
9. Appias libythea olferna (Striped Albatross)
10. Delias hyparete metarete (Painted Jezebel)
11. Junonia hedonia ida (Chocolate Pansy)
12. Junonia almana javana (Peacock Pansy)
13. Junonia orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy)
14. Acraea violae (Tawny Coster)
15. Phalanta phalantha phalantha (Leopard)
16. Zizina otis lampa (Lesser Grass Blue)
17. Zizula hylax pygmea (Pygmy Grass Blue)
18. Lampides boeticus (Pea Blue)
19. Prosotas dubiosa lumpura (Tailless Line Blue)
20. Pelopidas mathias mathias (Small Branded Swift)
21. Cephrenes trichopepla (Yellow Palm Dart)

If we add Federick's shots from yesterday, we add a few more :

22. Ideopsis vulgaris macrina (Blue Glassy Tiger)
23. Flos apidanus saturatus (Plain Plushblue)
24. Tajuria cippus maxentius (Peacock Royal)
25. Polytremis lubricans lubricans (Contiguous Swift)
26. Cupha erymanthis lotis (Rustic)

[Wanderer]

adding on:

Junonia hedonia ida (Chocolate Pansy)



Parantica agleoides agleoides (Dark Glassy Tiger)


Eurema hecabe contubernalis (Common Grass Yellow)


Zizeeria maha serica (Pale Grass Blue) ???

[Wanderer]

I've asked Juliana to send me a digital copy of the map so that we can plot into the grid where the butts were spotted.

maybe more importantly, where did they bring us to... some of the places are not marked out on the map, for example the canel behind the fenced up area.

[Bluebottle]

Thanks to GB and Khew for the arrangements. It is a fun filled day!

Sharing a few shots from today outing.

[Peacock Royal]

Let me post some of my shots here - first four shots taken along a row of ixora shrubs behind the GB HQ (between the drain and Marina Gardens Drive)
1. Delias hyparete metarete (Painted Jezebel)
2. Tajuria cippus maxentius (Peacock Royal) - this is a female.
3. Cephrene trichopepla (Yellow Palm Dart)
4. Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Mottled Emigrant)- a female.

These two were shot behind the dragonfly pond.
5. Zizula hylax pygmaea (Pygmy Grass Blue)
6. Zizina otis lampa (Lesser Grass Blue)

[Billyoh1964]

Need help with ID: 1) Gram Blue? 2) Tawny Coster 3) Small Branded Swift?
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[Psyche]

Post 1.

I feels that the Pelopidas is correctly P. agna as it does not have a grey tinge to the ground colour.
Federick have quite a number of shots of both species.

Pelopidas mathias male.


Female.


Pelopidas agna male.


Female. FW heavily abraded.


A male agna from India.


TL Seow

PS. Did'nt see there is a 2nd pic of a worn female which is greyer & should be P. mathias.

[Psyche]

Post 3.
The Zizeeria is Z. maha male.
Z. karsandra has very pale peripheral markings & upperside HW with a dark border.

Z. maha male.


Z. karsandra.


TL Seow

Post 5.

Tailless Line Blue & Telicota colon male.

[Peacock Royal]

Billy, your last shot looks like a Cycad Blue (Chilades pandava pandava)