Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Penang Butterfly Farm (19)- Triodes amphyrysus ruficolis

This Malayan Birdwing butterfly is rather common in the Farm, seeing them in fleets on the prepared flowers. But I hardly saw it at Kuching Gardens or Sarikei Farm, perhaps I saw once in Miri. The colouring is simple, white with black spots/lines, but is quite attracting.


Sunday, 4 January 2015

Penang Butterfly Farm (18) - Trogonoptera Brookiana Raja Brooke's Birdwing

This large butterfly is rather common in the tropical Forests of Borneo. I also saw quite a few flying around in my Jakar Farm. It was named by Alfred Russell Wallace, the parallel Naturalist/evolutionist with  Charles Darwin, who was invited by Sarawak Raja James Brooke between 1854-1856 to visit Borneo Sarawak. That is why it bears Raja Brooke's name.
If you have read his book "The Malay Archipelago", you will admire his adventure, bravery, observations, knowledge and thoughts.



Penang Butterfly Farm (17) - Tanaecia iapis horsfield's Baron

Such a long name but this butterfly is also not that common. Probably, I saw only once in my Jakar Farm, Sarikei. The wing design is simple, upper part dark brown colour and lower part, light blue.
A corner of its wing has been ripped off. It shows this world is full of danger, predators are always around to swallow you up!


Penang Butterfly Farm (16) - Prioneris thestylis malacana

This pretty and stylish Spotted Sawtooth butterfly is not common in the Farm as well as other parts of the Country. I saw only once in Miri and in my Kuching Garden. 
Using all the six leg to anchor on to the Marigold flower so as to counter-balance its large body before it can suck nectar from the flower, a number of engineering skills involved!


Saturday, 3 January 2015

Penang butterfly Farm (15) - Orange emigrant

I don't know why it is called orange emigrant when it is actually yellow. But this butterfly is another common butterfly in Sarawak where you can see them flying among the grass. It does not have many spots which appear blurred from the sides.


Penang butterfly Farm (14) - Papilio demoleus

This lime butterfly, in contrast to lexia dirtea, is more spectacular in pattern design and bright in colour. It is likely to be living under the bright sky for opposite sex to spot! The little orange colour at the tail is unique. It probably has also a hundred spots, also random shapes, but there are many minute spots at the upper wings.



Penang Butterfly Farm (13) - Lexia Dirtea

This dark brown spotty butterfly is not appealing as compared to many other butterflies. The tail is striped like a bee.There are about a hundred spots on the wings and body, mostly random shapes and not a single eye-spot. Why it evolves to such an ugly design perhaps due to its dark living environment.