We went to the zoo and its surrounding areas on 12 June. After taking a quick breakfast at a fast food stall inside the zoo, we headed to a small butterfly enclosure.
There were quite a number of 異色尖粉蝶 Chocolate Albatross (Appias lyncida eleonora) in the enclosure. In Singapore, we rarely see a female so I decided to take a few shots of a rather tame female, resting at one corner.
Hoping to freeze the flapping wings, I had to take a few shots of this 黑鳳蝶(Papolio protenor protenor) at a high speed while it was feeding furiously on some flowers.
The zoo is quite large and there are pockets of wild places that we could find butterflies flitting around. At first, I thought this skittish and large butterfly was a Bush Brown but after checking some reference books this guy should be the 褐翅蔭眼蝶 (Neope muirheadi nagasawae) which perched on a fallen tree trunk, at a distance away.
At the same location, a 凹翅紫灰蝶 (Mahathala ameria haianani) also rested on a leaf far away from me.
A 細帶環蛺蝶(Neptis nata lutatia) was flitting outside the enclosure. It really enticed me to take some shots.
We left Puli town early on 14 June and headed towards the direction of 清境農場. While driving up the hill, we stopped at a few locations. At last, we decided to wander on a trail leading to a ravine.
There were a few butterflies feeding on nectar in the morning sun. But most of them were rather alert and skittish, including this, possibly a 緣點白粉蝶(Pieris canidia).
I believe this is a Potanthus species feeding on a Bidens flower.
Another Potanthus speices ?
Is this a 台灣赭弄蝶 (Ochlodes niitakanus)?
This was the catch of the day - the 寬帶青鳳蝶(Graphium cloanthus kuge) flying past me but suddenly decided to feed on a cluster of white flowers. It never stayed still and disappeared after a few seconds.
There were a few 小紫斑蝶 (Euploea tulliolus koxinga) feeding on some wild flowers under the hot sun - a different subspecies of the Dwarf Crow that we can find in Pulau Ubin.
In the early afternoon, we went back to the farm area where we found the 閃電蝶 - but luck was not on our side this time. We hung around there for a while before we headed towards Taoyuan to meet up with 陳全 for a late lunch.
It was a very exciting and fruitful butterfly-watching and photography trip to Taipei. Many thanks to our Taiwanese butterfly enthusiasts for their generous and warm hospitality. Special thanks to 晟智 who spent time driving us around to look for and photograph the many exotic and rare butterflies of Taiwan - we certainly hope to meet again in the near future.
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