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| Papilio rumanzovia, Scarlet Swallowtail |
On Thursday I met Mark at the Wisley Butterfly exhibition again. Our target was the Golden Birdwing butterfly. We were told that one had hatched out, but it had moved from the papaya tree by the time we got there. We spent the rest of the time looking for it, and after lunch finally spotted it 30 feet away high up on the side of a tree. My 300mm lens did a good job, the top view images were from 50 feet away.
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| Troides rhadamanthus, Golden Birdwing |
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| Troides rhadamanthus, Golden Birdwing |
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| Troides rhadamanthus, Golden Birdwing |
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| Troides rhadamanthus, Golden Birdwing |
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| Wisley glasshouses |
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| Caligo memnon, Owl |
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| Caligo memnon, Owl |
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| Caligo memnon, Owl |
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| Graphium agamemnon, Tailed Jay |
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| Idea leuconoe, Tree Nymph |
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| Morpho achilles, Achilles Morpho |
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| Morpho peleides, Blue Morpho |
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| Morpho peleides, Blue Morpho |
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| Morpho peleides, Blue Morpho |
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| Morpho peleides, Blue Morphos mating |
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| Morpho peleides, Blue Morpho |
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| Morpho peleides, Blue Morpho |
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| Pachiliopta kotzebuea, Pink Rose |
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| Pachiliopta kotzebuea, Pink Rose |
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| Papilio lowi, Asian Swallowtail female |
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| Papilio lowi, Asian Swallowtail female |
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| Papilio lowi, Asian Swallowtail male |
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| Papilio lowi, Asian Swallowtails mating |
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| Papilio lowi, Asian Swallowtails mating |
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| Papilio polytes, Common Mormons mating |
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| Papilio polytes, Common Mormon female |
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| Papilio memnon, Great Mormon |
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| Papilio memnon, Great Mormon |
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| Papilio palinurus, Emerald Swallowtail |
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| Papilio polytes, Common Mormon male |
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| Papilio rumanzovia, Scarlet Swallowtail |
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| Papilio rumanzovia, Scarlet Swallowtail |
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| Graphium agamemnon, Tailed Jay |
thanks to Cyren for correcting my original id for this butterfly :)
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| Siproeta stelenes, Malachite |
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| Orchids |
Wow...what a beautiful collection of butterflies. I really enjoyed them - thanks for sharing. I have started to collect postcards of butterflies mailed to me from around the world. If anyone would like to exchang butterfly postcards, please email me at smspenang@yahoo.com Here is my butterfly postcard collection blog http://smspostcard.blogspot.com/search/label/%3D%20Butterflies
ReplyDeletethe golden birdwing is actually Helena's birdwing (Troides helena)
ReplyDeleteand the butterfly in the photograph third from the bottom is not (Siproeta stelenes) Malachite but rather a Tailed Jay (Graphium agammemnon) in rest. :)
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