Butterflies of Singapore BLOG

[Commander]

This thread is made sticky to announce any new or latest articles in the Butterflies of Singapore BLOG.

Each time an article is added to the BLOG, a new post will be updated in this thread giving a synopsis of the article.

:redbounce BUTTERFLIES OF SINGAPORE BLOG (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/) :redbounce

[Commander]

1 Dec 2007 update.

Feature article : Butterfly of the Month Dec 2007 : The Malay Lacewing. (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2007/12/butterfly-of-month-december-2007.html)

Read about the pretty Malay Lacewing as our first in the Butterfly of the Month series.

[Commander]

8 Dec 2007 update.

Feature article : Singapore's Sun-Loving Pansies - Part 1 (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2007/12/singapores-sun-loving-pansies-part-1.html)

Featuring the Blue and Chocolate Pansies.

[Commander]

15 Dec 2007 update.

Feature article : Singapore's Sun-Loving Pansies - Part (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2007/12/singapores-sun-loving-pansies-part-2.html)2

Featuring the Grey and Peacock Pansies.

[Commander]

22 Dec 2007 update.

Feature Article : Christmas Exclusive - Singapore's Own Painted Lady! (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-exclusive-singapores-own.html)

Featuring our pretty American visitor to Singapore last year :)

[Commander]

29 Dec 2007 update.

Feature Article : Feature Article - Stalking and Shooting Butterflies - A Personal Perspective (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2007/12/stalking-and-shooting-butterflies.html)

Featuring Sunny's personal tips and tricks for stalking and shooting butterflies. :)

[Commander]

1 Jan 2008 update.

Butterfly of the Month : January 2008 : The Malayan Plum Judy (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2007/12/butterfly-of-month-january-2008.html)

Featuring the red and auspicious Malayan Plum Judy as our signature butterfly for the month of January 2008. :)

[Commander]

6 Jan 2008 update.

Life Histories series : Green Oakblue (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/01/life-history-of-green-oakblue.html)

Featuring Horace's very detailed and well-written account of the early stages of the Green Oakblue (Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli) :thumbsup:

[Commander]

8 Jan 2008 update.

Featured Photography Locations : Toa Payoh Town Park (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/01/butterfly-watching-photography-at-local.html)

Featuring Federick's article on butterfly photography at Toa Payoh Town Park, and the butterfly species that can be seen there. :)

[Commander]

13 Jan 2008 update.

Life Histories series : Great Imperial (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/01/life-history-of-great-imperial.html)

Featuring Ben Jin's first hand account of the early stages of the Great Imperial (Jacoona anasuja anasuja), which is the first time the early stages of this species has been recorded in such detail on the Internet. :thumbsup:

[Commander]

20 Jan 2008 update.

Feature Article : The Flying Tigers of Singapore (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/01/flying-tigers-of-singapore.html)

Featuring the Five Flying Tigers of Singapore - Common Tiger, Plain Tiger, Black Veined Tiger, Blue Glassy Tiger and Dark Glassy Tiger. :)

[Commander]

26 Jan 2008 update.

Life Histories series : Malay Viscount (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/01/life-history-of-malay-viscount.html)

Featuring the life history of the common forest butterfly, Malay Viscount (Tanaecia pelea pelea).

[Commander]

2 Feb 2008 update.

Feature Article : Shooting the Eclosion of a Butterfly (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/butterfly-photography-shooting-eclosion_02.html)

Featuring some of Bobby's best works on eclosing butterflies. :cheers:

[Elbowed Pierrot]

nice work Bobby! really admire your patience

[Commander]

16 Feb 2008 update.

Butterfly of the Month : February 2008 : The Common Red Flash (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/butterfly-of-month-february-2008.html)

Gong Xi Fa Cai and Happy and Prosperous Year of the Rat! :cheers: Featuring the Common Red Flash as our signature butterfly for the month of February 2008, and special thanks to Sunny for his excellent shots of this species! :)

[Commander]

17 Feb 2008 update.

Life Histories series : Suffused Flash (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/life-history-of-suffused-flash-rapala.html)

Featuring the life history of the Suffused Flash (Rapala suffusa barthema) by Horace Tan. :cheers:

[Commander]

19 Feb 2008 update.

Feature Article : Is there a New Riodinidae species in Singapore? (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-riodinidae-species-for-singapore.html)

Over a few years of observation of a colony of Abisara sp at various locations at the "Three Ridges" Hills parks, there is a possibility that Singapore may have a fourth Abisara species yet. Read all about the postulation and conclusions at the BLOG.

[Commander]

24 Feb 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Baron (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/02/life-history-of-baron.html)

Featuring the life history of the common urban butterfly, The Baron (Euthalia aconthea gurda) recorded by our member up north, LC Goh. :cheers:

[Commander]

1 Mar 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The White Royal (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/life-history-of-white-royal.html)

Featuring the life history of the very rare and newly-rediscovered White Royal (Pratapa deva relata) recorded in great scientific detail by Horace Tan. :cheers:

[Commander]

6 March 2008 update.

Feature Article : Voyage of the Tawny Coster (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/voyage-of-tawny-coster.html)

Read all about the long journey of this pretty orange butterfly which probably took more than three decades to complete - from India and Sri Lanka, all the way to Singapore!

[Commander]

11 Mar 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Chestnut Angle (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/life-history-of-chestnut-angle_09.html)

Horace Tan shares the early stages of this rare skipper.

[Commander]

12 Mar 2008 update.

Butterfly of the Month : March 2008 : The Fivebar Swordtail (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/butterfly-of-month-march-2008.html)

Featuring the Fivebar Swordtail, a most sought-after species by BCircle members. :) As it suddenly appeared in Feb/Mar 08 after a long absence, and many of the members here managed to shoot it puddling in various locations, it deserves the title of Butt of the Month! :grin2:

[Commander]

29 March 2008 update.

Feature Article : Three Posies (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/three-posies.html)

Featuring the three cute Posy butterflies - the Common, Dark and Pygmy Posies.

Horace, over to you for the next related article, as we've discussed. :)

[Commander]

1 Apr 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Lime Butterfly (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/life-history-of-lime-butterfly_01.html)

LC Goh shares his breeding experience of the Lime Butterfly, a common urban butterfly which feeds on Citrus. :cheers:

[Commander]

Not bad... the blog still chugging along quite strongly. 29 articles in five months since the 'publishing' started in Nov 07. That's on average an article a week or 5.8 articles per month. :cheers:

Thanks to those of you who are helping with the articles - Horace, LC, Ben Jin, Sunny, Federick and Bobby. :)

The rest of you who have ideas or topics of interest, do join in and offer your suggestions.

[benetay]

Still owe you one article, i will try my best to do it after exams after collecting more information on it.

Cheers!

[Commander]

Still owe you one article, i will try my best to do it after exams after collecting more information on it.

Cheers!

Thanks. Looking forward to it. :)

[Leopard Lacewing]

Still owe you one article, i will try my best to do it after exams after collecting more information on it.

Cheers!

Humm... Magazine?!?! :bsmile:

Cheers!

[Commander]

3 Apr 2008 update.

Butterfly of the Month : April 2008 : The Plane (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/butterfly-of-month.html)

Featuring the elusive Plane (Bindahara phocides phocides). A rare forest butterfly which makes its appearance in the nature reserves and even urban parks once in a while, and the recent spotting of it at the fringe of the nature reserves is an indication that it's still around in the vicinity. :)

[Commander]

6 Apr 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Dark Posy (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/life-history-of-dark-posy.html)

After the earlier blog article on the Three Posies (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/three-posies.html), Horace shares his experience in breeding the caterpillars of the Dark Posy (Drupadia theda thesmia) a relatively rare species which is local in distribution. :cheers:

[Commander]

13 April 2008 update.

Feature Article : ButterflyCircle re-discovers the Sylhet Oakblue (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/butterflycircle-re-discovers-sylhet.html)

The Singapore Butterfly Checklist's species #282 :gbounce:. Thanks to Horace and Sunny for first locating this species, and many of our "partners" - Les Day, Keith Wolfe, Prof Konrad Fiedler for helping us nail the ID of this species!

[Commander]

14 Apr 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Sylhet Oakblue (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/life-history-of-arhopala-silhetensis.html)

Horace Tan shares the early stages of this newly re-discovered Arhopala, the Sylhet Oakblue :gbounce:

[Commander]

19 April 2008 update.

Feature Article : Swallowtails of Singapore (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/swallowtails-of-singapore.html)

Featuring the five Swallowtails of Singapore (and one yet to be nailed reliably) :) Special thanks to Sunny, Chung Pheng, Federick, James and Les for their photos in the feature article. :cheers:

From the counter placed on our blog, the hit counter has just passed 5,100. Looks like the blog's attracting some readership in a small way. :)

[Commander]

27 Apr 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Vinous Oakblue (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/life-history-of-arhopala-athada-athada.html)

Horace Tan's meticulous record of the early stages of the Vinous Oakblue (Arhopala athada athada) :cheers:

[Commander]

4 May 2008 update.

Feature Article : Return of the No Brand Grass Yellow (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/04/return-of-no-brand-grass-yellow.html)

ButterflyCircle re-discovers the No Brand Grass Yellow (Eurema brigitta senna) and re-instates it to the Singapore Butterfly Checklist. :cheers: The article traces the re-discovery and the host plant that the caterpillar of the species feeds upon.

[Commander]

I've added a Cluster Map on the BLOG and this shows from where people are visiting the BLOG.

Interesting spread after two days, but I can see Keith's and Les' logon locations in the map. :) We have Indonesian and Chinese visitors in the past two days as well!

[Commander]

11 May 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The White Spot Palmer (Eetion elia) (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/05/life-history-of-eetion-elia.html)

Horace Tan's record of the early stages of the rare Eetion elia :cheers:

[Commander]

Interesting spread of visitors from all over the world. Can you name all the countries so far? :thinking:

I can see Australia (Melbourne, Sydney but what's that one in the middle), Indonesia (Jakarta), Singapore, Malaysia (Sarawak), Philippines, Thailand (must be Les), Vietnam, China/Hong Kong (must be Roger), Bangladesh, Oman, Iran :hmmm:, Finland, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, England, Brazil, Mexico and USA (can't name all the cities, anyone wants to help?).

[Painted Jezebel]

Your fame is spreading. The one in the middle of Australia must be Alice Springs, but none of my Australian contacts live there!

[Commander]

17 May 2008 update.

Butterfly of the Month : May 2008 : The Plain Nawab (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/05/butterfly-of-month-may-2008.html)

Featuring the Plain Nawab (Polyura hebe plautus). A magnificent large and robust butterfly that can be found in urban areas as well as in the nature reserves. The Plain Nawab is very often a favourite amongst photographers as it is quite easy to shoot when feeding or stopping at its favourite perch to rest.

[Commander]

25 May 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca) (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/05/life-history-of-malayan-bush-brown.html)

Horace Tan shares his meticulous record of the early stages of the Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca) :cheers:

[henrykoh]

25 May 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca) (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/05/life-history-of-malayan-bush-brown.html)

Horace Tan shares his meticulous record of the early stages of the Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca) :cheers:

I must say that I enjoyed reading this and the other articles. I salute you and the others for such dedication; it certainly has spiced up my life. :thumbsup:

Sorry had to post this here and not in the blog since i lost my blogger account.

[Commander]

Thanks Henry. A lot of hard work on Horace's part on his Life Histories series is helping me keep to at least 1 article per week since the blog went active.

Still need more help from the others who can contribute. ;P

[Commander]

1 June 2008 update.

Feature Article : Plus Two Makes 284 (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/plus-two-makes-284.html)

ButterflyCircle re-discovers two more Lycaenidae species and pushes the number of species in the Singapore Checklist to 284 species! :gbounce:

[Commander]

8 June 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Malay Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea hypsina) (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-history-of-malay-lacewing.html)

Horace Tan shares the success of the rather challenging record of the early stages of the Malay Lacewing after several attempts. Congrats, Horace! :cheers:

[Commander]

15 June 2008 update.

Feature Article : A Northern Painted Jezebel visits Singapore! (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/northern-painted-jezebel-visits.html)

A refreshing departure from our usual more serious articles on butterflies, BC Blog presents a documentary report on Les Day's week in Singapore and his butterfly-shooting exploits with ButterflyCircle members. :grin2:

[Commander]

21 June 2008 update.

Butterfly of the Month : Jun 2008 : The Royal Assyrian (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/butterfly-of-month-june-2008.html)

Featuring the Royal Assyrian (Terinos terpander robertsia). An elusive shade-loving butterfly with deep purple wings. Whilst not uncommon, it is not easy to photograph due to its preference for shady locations.

Showcasing the works of Bob Cheong, Goh LC, Horace Tan, Federick Ho and Tan BJ. :cheers:

[Commander]

One of our Indonesian blog readers has spotted (and shot) a Tawny Coster in Bogor, West Java, two days ago. Looks like the TC is a world traveller moving down south steadily. I wonder if it will ever reach Australia? :thinking:

Blog article by Chaiyen can be found here (http://jalankenari.blogspot.com/2008/06/tawny-coster.html). Fortunately, those of us who can read Malay can roughly understand Bahasa Indonesia... :)

[Commander]

29 June 2008 update.

Feature Article : The Butterfly Proboscis (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/butterfly-proboscis.html)

Featuring the "drinking straw" that butterflies use to suck their liquid food needed to survive and give them the energy to fly during their relatively short life span. :grin2:

[henrykoh]

29 June 2008 update.

Feature Article : (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/northern-painted-jezebel-visits.html)The Butterfly Proboscis

Featuring the "drinking straw" that butterflies use to suck their liquid food needed to survive and give them the energy to fly during their relatively short life span. :grin2:

wow an interesting article on the neglected straw. enjoyed reading it.

Your link is to the les visit article instead of directly to the new article.

:cheers:

[Commander]

Oops. Didn't update the link. Thanks! :cheers:

Henry, feel free to extract anecdotes from the Blog for your "5-minute" talk to your colleagues. That should make the talk even more interesting. I'd safely say that you'll end up having a 2 hour talk at the end. :cheers:

[Great Mormon]

very nice article. informational + nice pictures!

[Leopard Lacewing]

"No-Horse-Run"..... :bsmile: .

Good article especially the pronunciation! :thumbsup: Should do one for Scientific name too?!? :whistle:


Cheers!

[Commander]

very nice article. informational + nice pictures!


"No-Horse-Run"..... :bsmile: .

Good article especially the pronunciation! :thumbsup: Should do one for Scientific name too?!? :whistle:

Thanks guys. At least I know there are people who read the articles that Horace and I write weekly. ;P

Bobby, yes it would be nice, but unfortunately these Scientific Latin names don't have that type of public appeal that a dictionary service provider would want to feature those words.

[Cigaritis wong]

Just a trivia to the newbies....how do butterfly taste their food? I just learnt it after watching a local TV variety program and was surprised by the answer :embrass:

[atronox]

Just a trivia to the newbies....how do butterfly taste their food? I just learnt it after watching a local TV variety program and was surprised by the answer :embrass: Using their forelegs?

[Commander]

25 June 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Great Helen (Papilio iswara iswara) (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-history-of-great-helen.html)

Horace Tan shares the detailed life history of one the largest Papilio species in Singapore :cheers:

[Commander]

5 July 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Hieroglyphic Flat (Odina hieroglyphica ortina) (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/07/life-history-of-hieroglyphic-flat.html)

Horace Tan peeks into the life history of the rare Hieroglyphic Flat. :)

[Commander]

13 July 2008 update.

Butterfly of the Month : Jul 2008 : The Branded Imperial (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/07/butterfly-of-month-july-2008.html)

Featuring the small but pretty Branded Imperial (Eooxylides tharis distanti). A common but local Lycaenid which feeds on the forest vine Smilax bracteata.

Showcasing the works of Mark Wong, James Chia and Khew SK :cheers:

[Commander]

19 July 2008 update.

Life Histories series : The Narrow Spark (Sinthusa nasaka amba) (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/07/life-history-of-narrow-spark.html)

Horace manages to nail the life history of the Narrow Spark. This species was not in the early authors' checklists and was discovered by ButterflyCircle members in a small forested patch on the fringe of the nature reserves. Our sharp-eyed life histories expert managed to spot a female ovipositing on its host plant, and the rest, they say, is (life) history! :grin2:

[Commander]

Our blog has just hit the 50 posts mark, and we've still manage to chug along with at least 1 post per week, since Nov last year. My sincere appreciation to Horace, who has been churning out his Life Histories series with excellent write-ups, info and pictures.

Henceforth, I will stop making announcements in here, but will post the updates at the main portal at www.butterflycircle.com (http://www.butterflycircle.com).

Thanks to those who have contributed to the Blog in one way or another. :cheers:

This thread is now closed. :)