Giant Crow - but it is a butterfly..

 The 'Giant Crow' belongs to the Family Danaidae, which have mostly yellow-brown and black, white and black or blue black colourings and markings.  Thus, they are also known as Tigers or Crows.  They are fond of sunny and open places.  The Danaidae are extremely tough and resistant to predators.  Feeding on poisonous food plants to discourage predators eating them, which may be attracted by their bright colours but soon leave them pretty well alone.

Giant Crow
Euploea phaenareta
Family : Danaidae

Highlights today at the park

Male Little Green Pigeon - Punai Daun (Teron olax)

Little Green Pigeon - male of the species (Teron olax)

View from Zone I

Heliconia psittacorum - Golden Torch

Melastoma malabathricum - Senduduk (Malay)

The Artocarpus fruit trees

Cempedak - Artocarpus champeden
Alt: Artocarpus integer
Zone G: Cempedak Hill

There are four species of the 'bread fruit' genera (Artocarpus) that are planted for posterity and production purposes at the park.  The most unique among them to me is the 'Ong Lumok' (Bintulu Melanau) which is also called as 'Terap' in Malay.  Others in the line up are the 'Cempedak' (Artocarpus integer), 'Nangka' or Jackruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) and the 'Sukun' or Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis).  Artocarpus belong to the fig family (Moraceae).  The genus 'Artocarpus' is named after the Greek word; artos = bread, karpos = fruit.  For many people of the Pacific islands the popularity of the breadfruit as the 'staff of life' has been recognised over generations being their staple food, like rice for orientals.    Artocarpus trees tend to be cauliflory whereby  many in the genus bear flowers and fruits on trunks or branches.  All Artocarpus trees have a  peculiar form of flower head which resembles a bur on a stalk.  This structure bears flowers so small that they have to be dissected under a microscope.  For more images of Sarawak's unique fruits, check them out in another blog of mine here ...>>>http://mysarawak2.blogspot.com/p/unique-fruits.html

Ong Lumok - Artocarpus odoratissimus

Nangka - Artocarpus heterophyllus

Leaves of the Sukun or Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)