Dec 7, 2011

Butterflies Part II

Some more butterflies in part II of the series...


Common dart butterfly
The Common Dart (Potanthus pseudomaesa) is commonly known as the Indian Dart or Pseudomaesa Dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It’s abundant in the hills and jungles and in fairly wet regions. A fast and powerful flier, it settles frequently on flowers and leaves.


Three spot grass yellow butterfly
Three-spot grass yellow (Eurema blanda) is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, i.e., the Yellows and Whites found in India. A butterfly of lowland forests and resembles the common grass yellow.


Chocolate pansy butterfly
The Chocolate pansy (Junonia iphita) is also known as the Chocolate soldier is a butterfly found in Asia. Individuals maintain a territory and are usually found close to the ground level and often bask in the sun.


Fulvous pied flat butterfly
Fulvous pied flat (Pseudocoladenia dan) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. An inhabitant of moist, cool and dense jungles, it visits flowers, bird droppings frequently and water rarely. It’s fond of basking in the sun on the upper surface of leaves close to the ground. With extremely rapid flight, it makes long lasting aerial sorties occasionally in shady clearings.


Part I here...

7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous captures! Lovely creatures, esp loved the chocolate one :)

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  2. Great photos!! What lens you use?

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  3. Well done! Chocolate one is my favorite too.

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  4. thanks all :)
    @Aravind- Tamron 28-300 used here else Canon 100-400!

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  5. Wonderful blog. Keep exploring.

    www.rajniranjandas.blogspot.com

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