Butterfly so beautiful, "lacewing"

pic1  lacewing butterfly

pic2  lacewing butterfly

pic3  lacewing butterfly

pic4  lacewing butterfly

pic5  lacewing butterfly

pic6  lacewing butterfly

pic7  lacewing butterfly

pic8  lacewing butterfly

pic9  lacewing butterfly

pic10  lacewing butterfly

pic11  lacewing butterfly

pic12  lacewing butterfly

The pictures were taken yesterday 13.11.2012 at 6.30pm. The beautiful butterfly enjoyed marigold flower so much that it kept coming back. A quick check in the internet identified it as either plain lacewing  (cethosia penthesilea methypsea) or malay lacewing ( cethosia hypsea hypsina). I can't figure out which one.

bangchik and kakdah

my little vegetable garden

butterfly, a rare visit.

a butterfly

enjoying the pink flower
 blue rings circling white dots
white at the edges.

otherwise all black

the same butterfly came back 

for the white flower

it is male Jacintha Eggfly

bangchik and kakdah

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mylittlevegetablegarden

BUTTERFLY AND FLOWERS in the garden

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly) is the name for butterfly in the first set of pictures. There is a lime tree nearby, for the moment without flowers. The butterfly is happy with periwinkle nectar, shifting from one flower to the next.

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

on periwinkle flowers

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

Papilio demoleus malayanus ((Lime Butterfly)

Striped Albatross (Appias libythea olferna)

on ulam raja flower

Striped Albatross (Appias libythea olferna)

Striped Albatross (Appias libythea olferna)

Lesser Dart (Potanthus omaha omaha)

on zinnia single layer flower

Lesser Dart (Potanthus omaha omaha)

Lesser Dart (Potanthus omaha omaha)

There was also a yellow butterfly that day,

 but it moved so fast and kept changing directions

 that it was almost impossible to snap.

bangchik and kakdah

johor

Art in the garden.

a butterfly viewed from the top

a butterfly from the side

tendril and its shadow
for a bittergourd plant.

definitely not an ordinary tendril.....
for a bittergourd plant

Oh, we can define art in many ways.
Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings
Art is the human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
Art is the high quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value.
Art is a male personal name, both in its own right and as a diminutive form of the common name Arthur.

Interestingly
I found one definition of gardening as the art and craft of growing plants.

where is art in your garden?
bangchik

Lyssa macleayi, an unexpected visitor for the night .

I don't think a butterfly ever lost its way and get into our house before. 

But it did happen one fine night. 

head up

head up

head down

i thought it sensed who was disturbing its sleep. 

They eyes explain everything, curiosity and anger.

 It refused to get out even with encouragement. The next morning I saw it hanging on the other wall . It was much later in the day, that I managed to take it out by persuading it to hold to a piece of paper. I took it out and set it free. The poor thing fluttered and fell, then it crawled to the outside wall and hanged on there. I just let it be. The next morning, the poor thing sprawled on all six legs, dead.

It probably is a swallowtail moth called Lyssa macleayi. This species was named in 1856 after William Macleay, a great international entomologist like his father: Alexander Macleay. He added his collection to his father's in founding the Macleay Museum at the University of Sydney.

bangchik

butterfly happy with the heat.

It was middle of the day.... 

too hot for both of us, 

but this butterfly was happy basking.

butterfly

It looks awfully similar to peacock pansy I have posted on the 8th of February this year a butterfly trying hot chilli.
But this isn't  as bright and as colourful. A variant probably.

any idea anyone ?

 

Are they related somehow?

 

This butterfly visited our front garden. It looked so much different compared to peacock pansy.  and Papilio helenus or swallowtail   shown in earlier posts. Its rapid movement made capturing it in photographs very difficult indeed. The butterfly must be enjoying the nectar of mussaenda flava or white wings flower. I missed the vintage pose, only a couple of pictures, mostly hidden behind the leaves and some a little bit blurred. But the basic feature and color were there....

  

  

  

  

  

A caterpillar was seen crawling over a stone. It was very quick, a lot quicker than most caterpillars. It has so many minute legs, that probably helped his rapid crawl. Looking at the colorful creature made me wonder if it is related somehow to the butterfly in the earlier pictures. They looked awfully similar.

 Some of us may know the name of the butterfly and whether the caterpillar is really related.

~ bangchik

Latest Update:

Scientific Name of the butterfly: Papilio demoleus malayanus (Lime Butterfly)
.. Reference 1: Malaysia Butterfly Checklist

.. Reference 2: from James:   Fly Away! Fly Away! Fly Away!!!

Scientific Name of the caterpillar: no info yet so far