Friday, May 23, 2008

Cycad Blue


Cycad Blue, originally uploaded by shianghan27.

Took this Cycad Blue butterfly yesterday at the Botanic Gradens.. FInally!! The place was huge!! I walked and walked until my feet hurt.. haha.. But in the process I saw lots of birds, from sunbirds, to parrots to bulbuls to swans and my favourite yesterday, the Little Heron! some butterflies, some flowers, and lots of plants and trees filled up the rest of the time..

Took like maybe 50 shots of this butterfly, had to kneel on the floor, and boy oh boy did my knees hurt in the process.. haha.. but it was worth it when i saw this photo.. gorgeous isn't it?! It was pretty hard to ID this one as there are quite a few with the same type of colour and even the tail.. Anyway, this one is a Cycad Blue or a Chilades Pandava Pandava in Scientific terms.. haha.. Note the orange patch at the bottom of the wing and the white tipped tail.. I like this one!!

taken with Nikon D40 + 70-300mm VR + Canon 500D

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