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Chocolate Soldier, just back from battle


Chocolate Soldier, just back from battle
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Copyright: MY Wong (Seabird) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 193 W: 0 N: 357] (1375)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-07
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 10D, Tamron 90mm macro
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-04-07 1:35
Viewed: 613
Points: 12
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Dear all,

This photo of Chocolate Pansy or Chocolate Soldier (Junonia iphita)was taken last Sunday during a tour to the Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden in Hong Kong. http://www.kfbg.org.hk/

Technically, this is a bad capture as this beauty appeared and vanished so swiftly that I couldn't react quickly enough to get a good photo - but I hope you will like this Chocolate Pansy or Chocolate Soldier.

haha, I prefer the name Chocolate Soldier. Given its broken wing, I guess it has just come back from the battle field : )

chrs,
Man Yee

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_iphita

The Chocolate Pansy or Chocolate Soldier (Junonia iphita) is a butterfly found in Asia.

It is about 5-6 cm in wingspan and the female can be told apart from the male by white markings on the oblique line on the underside of the hind wing. The wavy lines on the underside of the wings vary from wet to dry season forms.

Individuals maintain a territory and are usually found close to the ground level and often bask in the sun.

Description

Upperside of both sexes brown of varying depths of colour. Fore wing: cell with one pair of subbasal and one pair of apical transverse sinuous fasciae, the outermost defining the disco-cellulars; a short, broad, dark, oblique fascia beyond to vein 4, its inner margin diffuse, its outer sinuous but sharply defined; below vein 4 a sinuous, transverse, more faint fascia, followed by a discal blackish fascia, very broad and diffuse, below costa, bordered by a row of faint ocelli, and a postdiscal and a subterminal similar fascia following the outline of the termen. Hind wing with a slender blackish loop near apex of cellular area; a broad inwardly diffuse, outwardly well-defined short discal fascia in continuation of the one on the fore wing; a series of postdiscal somewhat ochraceous ocelli with black pupils minutely centred with white; postdiscal and subterminal broad lines as on the fore wing.

Underside brown, with very broad darker brown transverse fasciae, the interspaces between the markings irrorated with purplish silvery scales. Fore wing with two sinuous fasciae on basal half succeeded by a discal fascia, very broad at the costal margin and decreasing in width to the dorsum, bearing on its outer border a row of obscure ocelli. This is succeeded by a zigzag dark line, and sinuous subterminal and terminal lines ; apex and tornal area suffused with purplish silvery. Hind wing : two irregular, very broad, dark brown, curved short fasciae near base ; a straight, transverse, prominent, narrow ochreous-brown discal band defined outwardly by a black line ; a transverse postdiscal dark brown fascia, widest in the middle and bearing outwardly a curved row of ochreous-brown white-centred ocelli, followed by a zigzag dark line in continuation of the one on the fore wing; a subterminal somewhat diffuse dark fascia and a terminal dark line. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown.
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Hello SeaBird! Nice shot. Very nice light and colours. Good macro. Original picture. Well done!

Hello My Wong,

Nice capture of the Chocolate Pansy, i was confused if it was a Baron but then it seemed chocolate pansy. They are really swift as you mentioned, even i am looking forward to capture the same but missing it everytime.

Thanks,
Prasad

Hi MY Wong,
This is a fine posting of the Butterfly.
Excellent shot.Good luck!
Thanks a lot for sharing.
Seyfi.

Ciao Man Yee, great capture of fantastic butterfly, wings are a little OOF, may be better with more DOF, wonderful details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-04-07 15:47]

Hi MY,maybe you was too close the butterfly,the wings are not in perfect sharpness....but this a very nice specie and your colors are nices! Thanks for share,have a nice day,Luciano

Hi and Good Morning Man Yee,
An excellent macro capture of this beautifully coloured butterfly from nice POV with wonderful details, nice sharpness and fine composition.
TFS and have a nice day!
Cheers,
Bayram

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