By the Butterfly garden - Lime Butterfly

Lime Butterfy - Papilio demoleus malayanus
Butterfly garden, photoshoot 14 Feb'15

Higlights today at the park - 9 Sept'14

Little Spiderhunter at the yellow Ixora coccinea shrub

Letup (Malay) - Passiflora foetida

Senduduk (Melastoma malabathricum)

Lime Butterfly at the Clerodendrum x speciosum flowers

Female of the Eastern Crimson Sunbird - in joyful mood

Photoshooting the Lime Butterly

 They are a common resident of the park.  Today I  encountered one form of the butterfly which has  deep orangish spots.  Other forms that I encountered at the park have whitish spots while a third kind have light yellow spots.  Here are more photoshoots of the lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus).

All images taken on 19 Dec'13

Photoshoot session with the lime butterfly

Lime butterfly taking nectar from the Clerodendrum x speciosum flower...

Lime butterfly
Papilio demoleus malayanus

 Today the lime butterfly or so called " Chequered Swallowtail" dropped by at Zone C area of low flowering shrubs and  vines corner.  She gave me a fabulous time photoshooting her in long shots, medium shots and extreme close-ups.  The name suggests that the species is found where the citrus fruits are planted.  The female of the species has a large black spot next to the red spot on the hindwing.

The purple flower is called locally " Seribu bahasa" (Berawan) - Centratherum punctatum

Siphoning the nectar from the Clerodendrum flower

 It is planned and executed gradually for a flowering shrubs and vines collection at Zone C to attract more butterflies to the park.  Here they could be easily observed when they fly or rest in the flowering shrubs corners.  Here's more close- ups to show the tubular probiscis as it is thrusted into the flower to extract the nectar.

The lime butterfly thrusting its probiscis into the Clerodendrum flower

The female lime butterfly has a large black spot to the red spot...

Butterfly watch album - Lime Butterfly

Lime Butterfly

Clerodendrum x speciosum

 There are a beauty to watch.  It is also relatively easy to photoshoot them because they do not fly very fast and chasing them a breeze.  Today I was busy chasing one that dropped by at the Cat's Whiskers flowers ( Orthosiphon aristatus) . It does visit the 'Bleeding Heart' (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) plant or another close variety with more pinkish bracts called Clerodendrum x speciosum.  Here's some photoshoots of the beautiful Lime Butterfly.

Cat's Whiskers flowers...

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