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Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe
Pieridae; Coliadinae; Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe Linnaeus 1758. This Mottled Emigrant appears to be a male, in its typical dry season colouring. "Sexual and seasonal dimorphism in pattern and colour occur in many species", according to - https://philippinelepidopt.wixsite.com/b......
Spotted in the farm on Tropical Whiteweed (Ageratum conyzoides Linn.). Plant identification from - http://stuartxchange.com/Bulak.html...
Spotted on May 1, 2024
Submitted on May 1, 2024
5 Comments
You're welcome John B. and thank you! Hope to see more butterflies from you in the future :)
Thank you, Rithmini Weerakkody. Your comments are very welcome and your knowledge of butterflies is excellent. I have learned a valuable lesson from our conversation. In Project Noah's rules, a little brightening of a photo is allowed, but there is no mention of "darkening". Now I know why. Since you brought this to my attention, a few days ago, I have played around with some old photos and I can see that a little brightening sometimes helps, but darkening is always a disaster! So, I won't be doing any more "darkening" - much better just to go out and take a better picture. Thank you again.
Actually, they are not too bright. They are pretty clear and have good quality, a good job John! I asked because the butterfly appeared quite yellowish in the previous pictures, making me suspect that it was not Mottled Emigrent but Lemon Emigrent. But now with these, I see that it indeed is a Mottled Emigrant. Thank you very much for the explanation :) Nice photographs btw!
Hi Rithmini Weerakkody, thank you very much for your comment. When I first saw this butterfly, it was in a shaded area under some mango trees and I set my camera lens aperture to f/11 and the exposure time to 1/200 sec That setting would have given me good pictures, but unfortunately, the butterfly would not settle long enough for me to get a photo and it flew away. I followed it for a short distance and it landed once or twice on some foliage where I quickly took some snapshots. When I looked at the photos, at home on my laptop, I realized that the butterfly was out from under the shade of the trees and was in bright sunlight. In my hurry to get some photos, I forgot to adjust my camera settings and all of the photos were much too bright. So, for this spotting, I darkened them. Your comment made me realize that I had darkened them far too much. So, I have removed the dark pictures and replaced them with the original "too bright" ones. Thank you once again for your comment.
Does it appear yellowish in these photos due to the lighting?