Common butterflies in singapore

[alvinphuaweida]

What are common butterflies in singapore, which are easy to breed? Can you give me some of them (names)?

[Archduke]

What are common butterflies in singapore, which are easy to breed? Can you give me some of them (names)?

i have replied some of ur querries here (http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8898) already. you may want to try contacting OH's farm (http://www.ohfarms.com.sg/)and ask them for some help. their contact is within their website.

do some research and come back to us with ur findings and we can help u from there =D

[Flying Caterpillar]

No, He mean others. He want to compare and see which would be the best.

[Archduke]

so are both of u the same person?
do some research, read the article (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/search?q=oh+farm) on the butterfly enclosure at oh's farm. and read about the species u can find down there.
then do an evaulation on which oh their host plants are more readily avaliable and easier to grow, that should be a start.
if you need more information about the butterflies, they can be found here (http://butterflycircle.com/checklist2/) in our online checklist.

this should provide you with more than enough information already.

[Great Mormon]

the archduke is primarly a forest butterfly, unless your school is directly next to a nature reserve like bukit timah, it wouldnt be easy to attract them. they are fast flyers when spooked too and they always love to hide in the dark shady areas where its hard to spot. breeding not be as easy too.

if i would suggest, a few species that are "attractive" and are easier to maintain as their host plant are readily more avaliable and dont mind our urban environment are Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Plain Tiger), which feeds on the Asclepias currasivica, a type of milkweed. Cethosia cyane (Leopard Lacewing) and Acraea violae (Tawny Coster) which both feed on a very common weed Passiflora.

once again u can check them up on the checklist to have a look what they look like.

as for food plants, there are many to begin with, ixoras, biden pilosa (the tiny white flower with yellow centers we normally see at road sides), lantanas are all great food plants for butterflies.


Mmm, ok first of all, what do you consider common? The Common Tree Nymph can be commonly seen in the nature reserves, but finding the caterpillar or pupae is a whole different ball game.

It would be good to take Mark aka Archduke's advise. These caterpillars are easy to breed and their host plant is readily available.

To further answer to your query. If you were to walk around your school compound, im sure you would observe some grey butterflies. These would belong to the "Browns" and "Rings" from the Satyrinae subfamily. Small yellow butterflies accompanying these butterflies would be called the "yellows", from the subfamily Coliadinae. Again, another very common butterfly. To add to the "Common Checklist", you may also see some tiny butterflies which is smaller than a 5 cent coin! These are the blues from the Lycaenidae family. Some skippers(Hesperiidae) are pretty common too, they may even look like a moth to some people.

With reference to the above mentioned, these butterflies are not readily available in the market. You can start flippign every leaf, blade of grass, etc. It takes a lot of patience to find the eggs and caterpillars. You can always check up our life cycle section of the forums and u may see some commmon species to check up the hostplants and what they look like during their pre-butterfly days.

These would be your urban butterflies. You would not expect the Common Tree Nymph to come visiting an urban park. With regards to your earlier threads, your goal is to attract butterflies to your school. Although there are many exotic and pretty butterflies in the checklists. Not all of them are suited to the urban environment. This makes our Central Catchment Area a very important place.

If you have done some research, a few successful projects to attract butterflies is Pulau Ubin's butterfly hill and Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail(AHBT). Both locations are featured in our blog.

Taking AHBT for reference, they have a checklist of 100+ species. more than a third of the species in singapore! You may want to consider some factors for the great numbers. AHBT is located near the southern ridges, with the nectaring plants and host plants, butterflies are attracted from the ridges to the trail. You may have to consider your location and also what kind of butterflies you want to attract.

Hope this helps :grin2:

[Flying Caterpillar]

We are cousins.:bsmile:

[alvinphuaweida]

so are both of u the same person?


Flying Caterpillar is my cousin, I introduced this website to him. We working on same project but different teams.

[Archduke]

okies, so get going and start doing your research and come back with something solid =D

[Great Mormon]

http://floraweb.nparks.gov.sg/search/category.action?index=21

this should give you guys a head start of the types of plants you can grow around your school...