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Showing posts with label Kipandi Butterfly Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kipandi Butterfly Park. Show all posts
Monday, October 25, 2010
butterfly art
Sunday, October 24, 2010
malay lacewing {cethosia hypsea hypsina}
Malay Lacewing at Kipandi Butterfly Park.
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A beautiful butterfly with wings of orange and red surrounded by broad black borders. The wings are scalloped, giving the hind-wings its sawtooth-like edges. The undersides are orange and red with white fasciae and black spots forming an intricate pattern. This photo was taken at Kipandi Butterfly Park which is 36 km from Kota Kinabalu City and 700m (2,100 feet) above sea level. It shows a lacewing on the lantana. (There are quite a number of subspecies with different patterns and colours.)
Wikipedia: Genus cethosia . Butterflies of Singapore (blog): Excellent information here .
Monday, September 13, 2010
Great Mormon Swallowtail
The Great Mormon Swallowtail { Papilio memnon } is a common South-Asian butterfly and is widely distributed in 13 subspecies (4 male and 9 female forms). This is a large butterfly with contrasting colors. The wingspan is 12 ~15 cm (4.7 ~ 5.9 inches). The male never has a tail, and is deep blue to black. It may or may not have red streak on the forewing. The female may be tailed (alcanor) or tailess (butlerianus, polymnestoroides). The upperside forewing is ground colour sepia with greyish white streak. The upperside hindwing is blue-black with 5 to 7 yellow or white discal patches. It is polymorphic and with mimetic forms. ( Excellent information is available on Wikipedia.)
This photo was taken at the Kipandi Butterfly Park, 36 km from Kota Kinabalu. It shows a male fluttering and tugging at the lantana. The butterfly and flower were vibrating quite vigorously.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Arundina graminifolia {the bamboo orchid}
Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Arethuseae Subtribe: Bletiinae
Genus: Arundina Species: A. graminifolia Common name: Bamboo orchid.
Photographed at Kipandi Butterfly Park, 36 km from Kota Kinabalu. They line the surrounds of the parking area there, and along the walkways and hedges in the park.Genus: Arundina Species: A. graminifolia Common name: Bamboo orchid.
{Some information is available on Wikipedia} The bamboo orchid is a species of orchid and the sole of the genus Arundina. This tropical Asiatic genus extends from India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China to Indonesia and across the Pacific Islands. It has been introduced in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Panama. This is a terrestrial multi perennial orchid with reedy stems, forming into large clumps growing to a height between 70 cm and 2 m. The flowers are 5 to 8 cm, lilac / white with a purple lip. They bloom in summer and autumn. They are almost extinct in Singapore, but in Borneo, they grow abundantly in the rainforest.
Monday, July 19, 2010
the many rooted coelogyne {coelogyne radicosa}
Coelogyne radicosa. Common name: The many rooted coelogyne. Photographed at Kipandi Butterfly Park.
This orchid is found in Thailand, Penninsular Malaysia and Borneo in montane forests at elevations of 1,000 to 1,300 meters above sea level. The successively opening flowers are about 5 cm across.
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