Two New Butterfly Species

Two new butterfly species

Last week, I captured two new zephyrus butterflies, the Favonius orientalis and Artopoetes pryeri. The latter was already pretty worn out and I wasn’t able to capture decent images of it but I was happy anyway. For a few times I had traveled two hours in order to search for it and finally I found one. Next year I will know better where to look for it.

On the very same day I was lucky to photograph altogether five zephyrus butterflies. In addition to the above mentioned, I found the Japonica lutea, Japonica saepestriata, Neozephurys japonicus and Antigius attilia -many of them also pretty worn out. I wish I lived closer to a park where you could find so many of these lovely species.

Every year at around this time I spend some days chasing my favourite dragonfly, the Rhyothemis fuliginosa. The Japanese name for this species is Chotonbo or butterfly-dragonfly. The name refers to the wide colorful wings as well as to the fluttering way it flies.

The season for this species has just begun, but you can already find quite a number of them if you know where to look for them.

先週オオミドリシジミとウラゴマダラシジミを初めて撮れました。ウラゴマダラシジミはもう翅が綺麗ではない状態でしたが、嬉しかったです。公園まで２時間をかけて何回か探しに行って、やっと見つけたからです。同じ公園に同じ日に合わせて５種類のゼフィルスを見つけました。もっと近く５種類のゼフィルスも出ている公園があれば、といつも思っています。

毎年6月下旬から飛び始める翅が綺麗なチョウトンボも最近撮っています。翅が幅広くて、蝶みたいにヒラヒラと飛ぶからチョウトンボと言います。季節が始まったばかりですが、居場所さえ分かれば、個体数はまあま飛んでいます。