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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Some butterflies of Mangalore

On my recent visit to Mangalore, I visited Sammilan Shetty Butterfly Park located around 42 Km north of Mangalore. I reached there around noon which is not the best time to spot butterflies. Here are a few beauties I could spot...



Parthenos Sylvia - The Clipper butterfly





Blue tiger...








Damselfly...


 Caterpillar of the biggest Indian butterfly - Southern Birdwing


Pupa of Southern Birdwing



I could also spot an empty pupa some butterfly vacated...


 Striped Tiger...


The park is spread across 7.35 acres of land and hosts more than 100 species of butterflies, including some of the endemic and most dazzling butterflies of the world. Next time I'll visit early morning to spot more...

22 comments:

  1. Wow, well if that's what you spotted when it wasn't a good time, I'd love to see what is around when the timing is right! Amazing selection of images. #MySundayPhoto

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  2. Hi Shiju, I agree with John! You have managed to do yourself proud if they are photos from a bad time of day. I particularly like the Blue Tiger and the Clipper butterfly. And would love to have seen the Southern Birdwing.

    #MySundayPhoto

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  3. I am a bit of a butterfly nerd so your photos really appeal to me.

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  4. beautiful photos - reminds me of butterfly gardens and atriums that I have visited

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  5. Some of them really merge with the background.
    Wonders of nature.

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  6. Lovely shots you got there. I experienced easier to shoot butterflies in butterfly houses than in the wild, just like what we have in my garden. I've just been to the website of Indian butterflies, and we have lots of common between our countries because we almost have the same plants as host.

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  7. What an amazing collection of photos, the details are perfect

    Thank you for linking up

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  8. Amazing
    Never knew about butterfly park in mangalore

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  9. So many gorgeous macro pictures with perfect details.

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  10. Love the contrast of the light brown moth (?) against the red and yellow flowers.

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  11. Amazing photographs x Love the damselfly especially :)

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  12. Fantastic images!!!!
    Thanks for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/09/up-up-away.html

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  13. what a beautiful post..your photos are so awesome...

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  14. look at all those beautiful butterflies! Stunning indeed

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  15. Que fotos más bonitas de mariposas, hay tantas y tan coloridas...
    Saludos.

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  16. Your talent is amazing. It is a good day when you can sit back and observe butterflies.

    Sarah

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  17. Those photos of so stunning! What a neat experience to see so many butterflies!

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  18. Thanks for all the macros. They are certainly beautiful.

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  19. wow! great shots and you spotted quite a few.

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  20. What an amazing collection of beautiful butterflies. It sounds like a fabulous place to visit. Thank you for sharing

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  21. You sure that wasnt the busy time? I like them that are like camouflage. Nature is so beautiful ad yo shared some with us at the Pit Stop Thank you so very much!

    Pit Stop Crew

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  22. I love the photos! Beautiful and unusual butterflies. Thanks for sharing them with SYC.
    Jann

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