Selasa, 25 Maret 2008

Dark Glassy Tiger

This black-and-white butterfly is known as Dark Glassy Tiger [Parantica agleoides]

Rustic

Medium size butterfly, known as Rustic [Cupha erymanthis], captured at Gita Persada Butterfly Park, in Lampung

Painted Jezebel

This medium size butterfly is Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete), commonly seen in Sumatera and Java islands, perhaps also in other islands in Western Indonesia.

Sabtu, 08 Maret 2008

Great Eggfly

This beautiful large butterfly is a Great Eggfly [Hypolimnas bolina], displaying beautiful colors and pattern of upper surface of its wings ......

Stripped Albatros

This medium size white butterfly is a Stripped Albatros [Appias libythea olferna], I guess this is a male one .............

Spotted Black Crow

Capturing details of a black butterfly is not very easy. I hope some details on its black wings are still visible in this shot. This -I believe- is a Spotted Black Crow [Euploea crameri bremeri] ......

Grass Demon

Another skipper, this might be a Grass Demon [Udaspes folus] ........

Peacock Pansy

A Peacock Pansy [Junonia almana], captured not at a perfect angle, but I feel like the beauty of its wings still be visible ........

Grey Pansy



A flying Grey Pansy [Junonia atlites] butterfly, showing its beautiful pattern and colors of upper wings' surface ...........

Lime

This Lime Butterfly [Papilio demoleus malayanus] is not easy to capture, since its wings are continuously moved when it lands on flower. Please note that on this image, while it sucks nectar from flower, there is liquid coming out of its rear end ............

Psyche

Very small white butterfly, usually found on short grasses /vegetation, known as Psyche [Leptosia nina malayana] ...........

Swift Skipper

A small butterfly, known as skipper, but not sure yet about its ID, but I guess this is Taractrocera archias quinta ...................

Evening Brown

This medium size brown butterfly seems to be an Evening Brown [Melanitis leda] ........

Mormon

Looking at shape of its hind wings, this is from genus of Papilio, but at present I am not sure whether this is a Mormon or Great Helen. Could you help me with its ID?

Grass Yellow

This is a Grass Yellow [Eurema simulatrix tecmessa], medium size butterfly ........
It is always not easy to identify butterfly since slight different in color pattern on the wings may be belong to different species

Disc Oakblue

This might be a Disc Oakblue Butterfly [Arhopala epimuta] or may be other species of Genus Arhopala.
Captured at Cibubur, south of Jakarta.

Cycad Blue

This small butterfly is commonly found feeding on young cycad leaves. Upper surface of the wings are blue, that perhaps why this butterfly is called Cycad Blue [Chilades pandava]..........

Common Tit

I love this small butterfly, a Common Tit [Hypolycaena erylus]. This picture was taken at a diving resort in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Please notice that there are 'tails' on edge of its hind wings .....

Mottled Emigrant


This medium size and white butterfly is Mottled Emigrant [Catopsilia pyranthe], captured at Cibubur, south of Jakarta.

Yellow Coster

This pretty butterfly was captured at Cibodas Botanical Garden, hiding underneath a leaf ...... This is a Yellow Coster [Acraea issoria].

Jumat, 07 Maret 2008

Blue Pansy

This blue pansy butterfly [Junonia orithya] almost always spreading its beautiful wings when landing. This one is a male ..... female of this species has light brown color on its upper surface of the wings ......

Tawny Coster

Butterfly may be the most popular and beautiful insect. This is a medium size butterfly, a Tawny Coster [Acraea violae].