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Chocolate Pansy


Chocolate Pansy
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Copyright: Ram Thakur (ramthakur) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2975 W: 108 N: 7726] (25028)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-22
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D200, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO, 58mm UV
Exposure: f/8, 1/800 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-19 0:54
Viewed: 496
Points: 36
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Chocolate Pansy

Friends, I shot this tatty Chocolate Pansy during my visit to Himachal Pradesh last August. I remember having deleted the images of this butterfly because it was in a bad shape and one of its wings was out of focus in all the shots I had taken in continuous mode. Today while I was just going through my storing devices, I found it on my pen drive. Suddenly I was filled with the thought that this edited shot had survived to be posted on TN. It was its destiny.
So here it is and I apologize for the poor shape of the subject and its picture.

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.

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

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 4 N: 2302] (10736)
  • [2008-04-19 1:01]

Sir,
I could not resist being the first one. We were neighbor today. Nice shot. Perhaps if full open wings posture would have been great. I am not sure you managed to get one such posture. Thanks for sharing sir. Ganesh

Hola Ram,
Bonita imagen con nitidez y buenas texturas, magnífica luz. buena nota informativa. Que tengas un buen día. Saludos
José Ramón

Bonjour Ram
Merci pour ce speciment, que je ne connais pas.
Les couleurs me plaisent beaucoup, ainsi que la prise de vue
à bientôt
Laurent

Hello Ram. Chocolate pansy is not something you can capture everyday and this is still gorgeous even with slightly tattered wings. Excellent image in brilliant sharpness against the pleasant muted background. Perfectly exposed under good lighting and shadow. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend ahead. Well done and very best regards. Jusni

Hi wonderful butterfly capture
great sharpness and details in your picture
I also like the details here
tfs Toba

Hello Ram,

Superb presentation of this butterfly. Good POV, DOF and sharpness. Very nice light and colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

My wife says she only likes Dark Chocolate:-) but it is a very chocolate colour Ram; Doesn't it amaze you how many names of creatures there are? It is mind boggling...Very nicely done as per your work...and have a nice weekend!
Bob

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  • NinaM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 0 N: 1382] (4569)
  • [2008-04-19 7:31]

Mium mium, a beautiful butterfly that should be called chocolatefly, superb close-up Ram! The light falling on the insect is golden and soft, making the details in the wings pop out. Thank you for those beautiful creatures!

Francine

Hi Ram,beautifull and perfect as your style,my best compliments for this beauty and for your 20.000 points!!!Have a nice day,Luciano

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  • smitha Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 284 W: 77 N: 905] (3427)
  • [2008-04-19 10:20]

Hello Sir,
Beautiful picture of chocolate Pansy!
Excellent clarity and sharpness.
Good use of natural light. The iridescent colours on its back caught in the light looks lovely.Good colours and contrasts.
Thanks for the share,
Smitha.

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  • Amadeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 0 N: 657] (2911)
  • [2008-04-19 10:49]

Hola Ram, buena toma, nitida con buen color y luz. Un saludo

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 980 W: 64 N: 1196] (4924)
  • [2008-04-19 10:55]

Hello Ram!
What a stunning picture of this lovely Chocolate pansy!! The details on it are sharp and clear with great natural colors and a fantastic POV, DOF and composition. I really like it very much. The note is very complete.
Congratulations and thank you very much for sharing, dear friend.
My best regards
Maite

PT :)

Hello Ram,
Looks very much like chocolate; better not discuss the texture:-).
Beautiful butterfly; I like the monochromatic tones in the wing.
TFS
Annick

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1252 W: 0 N: 4842] (14380)
  • [2008-04-19 14:07]

Hi Ram

Once again, lovely warm colours. I really like the OFF wing, it adds depth and movement to the shot.

James

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1048 W: 1 N: 4139] (13914)
  • [2008-04-19 14:54]

Hello Ram,
Nice capture with great color and nice details in a fine composition. I do not think I have seen one before so thanks for that also. Great work Ram, Thank You.
Rick

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1714 W: 24 N: 4988] (16346)
  • [2008-04-20 23:29]

Hi Ram,
Wonderful shot of this Chocolate Pansy with nice colours and details on its broken wings. Surely it has seen better days. Superb handling of harsh natural lighting and a great POV to portray it. Very elegant posture. Nice composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3040 W: 148 N: 4529] (14629)
  • [2008-04-21 7:03]

Hi Ram.
I like the pictured scene a lot. Leaves create a very nice BG. Captured butterfly is wonderful. You managed to reflect its texture and other attractive details very well. May be DOF is shallow a bit for this posture of the wings. My kind regards and TFS.
Alexei.

Awesome shot, Sir.
I love the way you do your PP work, not taking away anything from the shot itself...
Goldy

Beautiful shot of a beautiful subject. The detail is amazing...right down to the tear on the left wing. Well done.

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