Picture of Indonesia
Caption: Butterflies of Java, Indonesia a photo journal
Picture of Bawean Island
Caption: Common Mormon
Papilio polytes
Picture of Bawean
Caption: Great Mormon
Papilio memnon
Picture of Bawean
Caption: Peacock Pansy - Junonia almana
This species has "ocelli" or "eyespots" pattern on its wings to scare predators.
I guess big eyes are scary for insects.
Picture of Balitsa
Caption: Junonia orithya, same genera from previous page. He also has eyespots on his wings, see? They have more resemblance as they are the same genus.
Picture of Bawean
Caption: Dorsal Basking
(Back Sunbathing) Common Sailor
Neptis hylas
Picture of Jalan Taman Cibeunying Utara
Caption: Great eggfly Hypolimnas bolina
Picture of Pustaka Bunga Kandaga Puspa Park
Caption: Ever seen butterflies mating?
Here's how they do it. They attach their reproductive organs together and the male transfers the sperm to the female, along with minerals she needs. So the female doesn't need to search for more nutrients but only focus to lay eggs.
In frame: Common Sailors
Video of Pustaka Bunga Kandaga Puspa Park
Caption: This is Euploea mulciber, male (top) and female (bottom) mating. See? Males and females with different wings pattern. Recorded in March 2020, they mate all year.
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Caption: I am working with butterflies for my final research. The following pages will show the butterflies I found during my observations.
Disclaimer:
The following pages contain dead butterflies pictures, properly preserved for the purpose of research.
Picture of Cisangkuy Street
Caption: inside a sweeping net Junonia almana
Picture of Pustaka Bunga Kandaga Puspa Park
Caption: The genera "Euploea" is very common in tropical urban parks because they are mostly generalists, eating nectar from a variety of flowering plants. Euploea alcathoe
Picture of Bandung
Caption: Did you know that blue is the rarest color in nature? This butterfly happens to have blue stripes along its brown-colored wings. Found eating from Firebush plant (Hamelia sp.) Ideopsis vulgaris Blue Glassy Tiger
Picture of Bandung Wetan
Caption: Catopsilia pomona Common Emigrant
Picture of Pustaka Bunga Kandaga Puspa Park
Caption: Jezebel butterfly Delias belisama
Picture of Bandung
Caption: Delias periboea Jezebel
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Caption: Sometimes I let them go
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Caption: can you see them?
Picture of Labtek XI
Caption: Mounting Board - Insect Taxidermy
Butterflies are set using these mounting board. I relax the specimen, pin, mount, and preserve them.
Picture of School of Life Sciences and Technology ITB
Caption: Eurema hecabe Appias libythea Leptosia nina Euploea mulciber Euploea alcathoe Junonia iphita Elymnias hypermnestra Butterfly mounting and preservation process. The pins are required to secure the wings shape.
Picture of Bandung Institute of Technology
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Caption: Do you know Gender Dimorphism?
in biology, it means the male and female have different physical features.
This is the female version of The Striped Albatross. The male version has different pattern. Appias libythea
Picture of School of Life Sciences and Technology ITB
Caption: S P E C I M E N Lepidoptera
Picture of Bandung Institute of Technology
Caption: Family Papilionidae Papilio literally means butterfly.
Picture of Labtek XI
Picture of Bandung Institute of Technology
Picture of School of Life Sciences and Technology ITB
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Caption: Different butterflies have different diets
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Caption: If you want butterflies in your garden, plant flowering plants! This one is a great start-- West Indian Lantana Plant! Lantana camara
Picture of Jalan Taman Cibeunying Utara
Caption: Marigold is also great for butterflies! Tagetes erecta
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Caption: Ixora sp. Ixora flowers are also great! Many butterflies eat from these flowers.
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Caption: Muntingia calabura! or known as Kersen. If you live in the tropics, they are pretty common--and they are host plant for many butterfly species! Muntingia calabura
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