The Palmking [Amathusia phidippus] is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the Brush-footed butterflies.
Wingspan: 112–122 mm.
^ Sipping sap or juice from a tiny hole on mangrove plant air root.
This butterfly is widely distributed across parts of India, Myanmar, Indo China, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesian archipelago and the Philippines.
Photos: Pasir Ris Park and Nature Reserve, Singapore [20160306]
Source: Wikipedia
The Common Evening Brown [Melanitis leda] is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in AfricaAfrica, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia.
The caterpillars feed on a wide variety of grasses including rice and millets. Adults feed mainly on nectar, and in rare cases visit rotting fruits.
Photo: Pasir Ris Park and Nature Reserve, Singapore [20160228]
Source: Wikipedia
Pelopidas mathias, commonly known as the Dark Small-branded Swift, Small Branded Swift, Lesser Millet Skipper or Black Branded Swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of Southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in Tropical Africa.
^ Subspecie Pelopidas mathias mathias.
Pelopidas mathias is considered a pest to rice-growing cultures. Newly hatched caterpillars are especially voracious in eating young seedlings.
Photo: Pasir Ris Park and Nature Reserve, Singapore [20160228]
Source: Wikipedia
Subspecie: Telicota colon stinga [Malacca]
Telicota colon, commonly known as the pale palm dart or pale-orange darter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
The larvae are known to feed on Bambusa striata and Ochlandra travancorica.
Photos: Pasir Ris Park and Nature Reserve, Singapore [20160228]
Source: Wikipedia
Vanessa cardui is a well-known colourful butterfly, known as the painted lady, or in North America as the cosmopolitan. This butterfly has a strange pattern of flying in a sort of screw shape.
Vanessa cardui is one of the most widespread of all butterflies, found on every continent except Antarctica and South America.
Photos: Brevard, NC, USA [20151009]
Source: Wikipedia
The Bewick’s wren [Thryomanes bewickii] is a wren native to North America. At about 14 cm [5.5 in] long, it is grey-brown above, white below, with a long white eyebrow. While similar in appearance to the Carolina wren, it has a long tail that is tipped in white. The song is loud and melodious, much like the song of other wrens. The song is broken into two or three individual parts; one individual male may exhibit up to twenty-two different variations on the song pattern, and may even throw in a little ventriloquism to vary it even further. It lives in thickets, brush piles and hedgerows, open woodlands and scrubby areas, often near streams. It eats insects and spiders, which it gleans from vegetation or finds on the ground. Wrens are sometimes observed foraging with chickadees and other birds.
Its range is from southern British Columbia, Nebraska, southern Ontario, and southwestern Pennsylvania, Maryland, south to Mexico, Arkansas and the northern Gulf States. The Bewick’s wren does not migrate.
Photos: Chamblee, GA, USA [20150819]
Source: Wikipedia
This orchid was named after Madam Onon Tsolmon, Wife of His Excellency Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Prime Minister of Mongolia in 10 October 2002.
Vanda ‘Nambaryn Enkhbayar Tsolmon’ = Vanda limbata x Vanda tessellata
Photo: National Orchid Garden, Singapore [20150326]
Source: Wikipedia
^ Male Northern cardinal
The Northern cardinal [Cardinalis cardinalis] is a North American bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird or common cardinal. It can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico. It is found in woodlands, gardens, shrublands, and swamps.
^ Female Northern cardinal
The northern cardinal is a mid-sized songbird with a body length of 21 cm [8.3 in]. It has a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face which is black in the male and gray in the female. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull red-brown shade. The Northern cardinal is mainly granivorous, but also feeds on insects and fruit. The male behaves territorially, marking out his territory with song.
Photos: Chamblee, GA, USA, [20141009]
Source: Wikipedia
Notocrypta paralysos, commonly known as the Common Banded Demon, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Genus: Notocrypta
Species: paralysos
Subspecies: varians
Common Name: Banded Demon
Extant in countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand
Hostplants: Costus lucanusianus [African Spiral Flag]
The Banded Demon is a small swift-flying skipper and is relatively rare in Singapore. The wings are dark brown/black with a white discal band on the forewings.
Photo: Singapore Zoo, 20140630
Source: Wikipedia, www.butterflycircle.com
The Silver-spotted Skipper [Epargyreus clarus] is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It claimed to be the most recognized skipper in North America.
The wingspan of an adult is 43–67 mm. The adult has translucent gold spots on the forewings and silvery bands on the hindwings.
The adult Silver-spotted skipper occurs in fields, gardens and at forest edges. It ranges from southern Canada throughout most of the United States to northern Mexico; it is absent in the Great Basin and western Texas. Adults fly throughout the warm part of the year. They have one brood per year in the North and West, two in the East, and three or four in the Deep South.
The larvae feed on legumes, many trees and shrubs but also some herbaceous plants. Their hosts include Lathyrus latifolius [Everlasting Sweet Pea], Asclepias_syriaca [Common Milkweed], Trifolium pratense [Red Clover], Cephalanthus, Liatris, Thistle.
Photos: Candler Park, Atlanta, Georgia, USA [20130812]
Source: Wikipedia
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