May 2008. Bukit Timah, Singapore

Genus : Tanaecia Butler, 1839
Species : pelea Fabricius, 1787
Subspecies : pelea Fabricius, 1787
Wingspan of Adult Butterfly : 70mm

Physical Description of Adult Butterfly : The upperside of the Malay Viscount is a pale greyish ochreous brown, with sub-marginal V-shaped markings on white background. The V-shaped markings are conjoined. The underside is paler, with a faint tinge of violet in a sidelight. In the male, the underside of the hindwing has two rows of small black submarginal separated V-shaped markings whilst these are less distinct, and joined in the female.

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Source/Reference: http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/01/life-history-of-malay-viscount.html

May 2008. Bukit Timah, Singapore

That photos was taken in Bukit Timah, Singapore on May 2008.

Photo Gallery: Malay Viscount

April 2008. Kranji, Singapore

The Plain Tiger is a medium sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 7–8 cm. The body is black with many white spots. The wings are tawny the upper side being brighter and richer than the underside. The apical half of the fore wing is black with a white band. The hind wing has 3 black spots around the center. The hind wing has a thin border of black enclosing a series of semicircular white spots.

Background color and extent of white on the forewings varies somewhat across the wide range; see Systematics and taxonomy below.

The male Plain Tiger is smaller than the female, but more brightly colored. In addition, male danaines have a number of secondary sexual characteristics. In the case of the Plain Tiger, these are:

• The male has a pouch on the hindwing. This spot is white with a thick black border and bulges slightly. It is a cluster of specialised scent scales used to attract females.
• The males possess two brush-like organs which can be pushed out of the tip of the abdomen.

The Plain Tiger is rather local in Singapore, where it generally stays within the vicinity of its caterpillar host plants.

The butterfly has a rich fulvous orange forewings with a broad black apical border bearing a series of white spots. It occurs in two forms – form chrysippus which has orange hindwings, and form alcippoides which has white hindwings. Males can be distinguished by an additional brand on the hindwing.

Singapore is host to both forms of the Plain Tiger with the white-hindwinged form-alcippoides being the more common of the two forms. The species is distasteful to birds.

Source:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_chrysippus
• http://www.sgbug.org/

April 2008. Kranji, Singapore

This photos was taken in Kranji, April 2008. Singapore

Photo Gallery: Plain Tiger

April 2008. Kranji, Singapore

The Blue Glassy Tiger shares the same habitats with the Dark Glassy Tiger (Parantica agleoides). When the two species fly together it is not easy to separate them. However, when the butterflies stop to feed or to rest, the presence of a transverse black bar in the forewing cell distinguishes the Blue Glassy Tiger from the Dark Glassy Tiger.

This species is common in Singapore, particularly in the coastal mangrove areas. The butterflies are also attracted to the partially dried plants of Heliotropium indicum, usually turning up within an hour or two after the plants are hung up in the forest reserves.

The Blue Glassy Tiger feeds on a lactiferous species of Asclepiadaceae, particularly Gymnema spp. and is thus distasteful to birds.

April 2008. Kranji, Singapore

Photos was taken in Kranji, Singapore. June 2008.
Source: http://www.sgbug.org/

Photo Gallery: Blue Glassy Tiger