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Lantana & Butterflies


Lantana & Butterflies
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Copyright: Pankaj Bajpai (pankajbajpai) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1536 W: 101 N: 4346] (15161)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-18
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D80, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Photo Collage at TN [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-08-18 7:26
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
My interest of capturing butterfly images has grown manifolds after joining TN. I was quite eager to capture the various species of butterfly but for this i had to chase them in various parks and outskirts of the city. Some times even at reserve forests too.

During my butterfly chasing sessions i observed that some Butterflies are attracted to lantana flowers and the perch of the so colorful insect on these equally colorful flower made an excellent shooting material.

In my small butterfly garden i have many lantana bush which i have carefully planted and grown for the butterflies. Even when i am not shooting , wathing the butterflies in close proximity gives a lot of pleasure. My seven years old daughter has started recognising the butterflies with their names. I was glad when she told me that a plain tiger was sipping nectar. I was surprised too.

The species presented here are as under:
1 The Danaid Eggfly
2 The Common Leopard
3 The Painted Lady
4 The Peacock Pansy
5 The Common Lime
6 The Common Crow
7 The skipper
8 The Tailed Jay
9 The Dainaid Eggfly mimicking The Plain Tiger
10 The Indian Skipper
11 The Common Jazebel
12 The Peacock Pansy
13 The Skipper
14 The Wallace Swift
15 The Grey Pansy
16 The Motteled Emigrant
17 The Plain Tiger
18 The Blue Tiger
19 The Mimic form of Eggfly
20 The Lemon Pansy

(Details from wikipedia about lantana)
Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and existing as an imported plant in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region. The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5-2 m tall. Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas.

Lantana's aromatic flower clusters (called umbels) are a mix of red, orange, yellow, or blue and white florets. Other colors exist as new varieties are being selected. The flowers typically change color as they mature, resulting in inflorescences that are two- or three-colored.

"Wild lantanas" are plants of the unrelated genus Abronia, usually called "sand-verbenas".

Butterflies which are attracted to lantana flowers are most notably Papilioninae (swallowtail and birdwing butterflies). Hesperiidae (skippers) and certain brush-footed butterflies (namely Danainae and Heliconiinae), as well as some Pieridae (e.g. Cloudless Sulphur, Phoebis sennae) and Lycaenidae also like to visit the plants' flowers. ( source wikipedia)

Your critiques and comments are most welcome. Thanks a lot for the interst shown in my earlier post of life cycle of common lime butterfly.
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Hello Pankaj!
What a colourful collage! I like it a lot! You presented so many so beautiful butterflies in one presentation! Great composition and beautiful photos :)
All the best from Lodz!
Radomir

Hi Pankaj,

You show us 20 beauties in a wonderfull collage
Excellent work

TFS Thijs

Wow! It is quite a sight to behold. I wish I had a postcard or even larger something like this...This is something I would actually pay for if I saw it somewhere and knew who had done it as I do...and that's saying quite a bit becuase I usually do not buy pictures, nor do I buy software for that matter....what a wonderful image or set thereof...fantastic!
Bob

Hello Pankaj
This is really nice and colorful collage with many butterfly's.
Well done and TFS
Ralf

hi pankaj,
great gathering of beauties and differen colors of lantana flowers too. good effort.
nagraj.v

And it was so pretty, it is now my desktop wallpaper of the day!-Karen

Hi Pankaj,
Excellent capture of a beautiful butterflys. Very interesting puzzle. Congratulation and TSF Malgosia

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 404 W: 0 N: 630] (2535)
  • [2008-08-18 9:53]

Hello Pankaj,

Your collage is very nice bringing somehow all the joy and happines of the summer beautuiful days. Every photo looks good and I appreciate the common atmosphere of them. It is a very nice achivement.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1909 W: 8 N: 4974] (16081)
  • [2008-08-18 10:21]

Hi Pankaj,

A wonderful collage of these assorted butterflies on lantanas. All sixteen are beautiful with marvelous colors and sharp details. You show them in so many different positions. I tried to pick a favorite but that's impossible - they are all superb.

Jane

Hi Pankaj,
Luck is with you my friend. Having such a paradise in your own garden and having a daughter that warns you for a special guest is a huge gift. And, I am glad you are sharing the results with us. All 20 photos are of extreem beauty, but a seeing them as one collection makes it even more specail to me.
Thank you for sharing this beauty with us.
Niek

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2130 W: 9 N: 5959] (22526)
  • [2008-08-18 11:09]

Hi Pankaj. This is a excellent set of 20 pictures of the butterflies.Each one a beauty. Even a small as they are you have good detail and colours. i like the way you have listed all the names in your notes. I am so pleased your young daughter has interest in them. well done TFS.
Nick..

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26975)
  • [2008-08-18 13:27]

Hello Pankaj!

Absolutelly stunning collage! Almost all of these butterflies look so exotic! Maybe two or three species are known in Europe also. It is hard to chose best one but my favourite is Blue Tiger.

Wonderful collection of b-flies Pankaj, I'm envious :)
Each one a gem.
Well done!
Howard

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1107 W: 6 N: 3062] (11322)
  • [2008-08-18 16:00]

Hi Pankaj,you are lucky to live there!!! A lot of wonderfulls and coloreds species!! Very great idea this collage and a beautifull realisation,my best compliments,Luciano

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1026 W: 5 N: 2888] (10447)
  • [2008-08-18 18:42]

Hola Pankaj.- Excellent collection. All of them are beautiful. Great work My friend. from now I will take care of My Lantana to.

Pankaj, as a teacher, I just can't stop myself from declaring this collage as yet another very effective teaching aid to impart children the knowledge about some of India's most prominent butterflies. That all of them are sitting atop lantana flowers is yet another aspect that throws bright light on the feeding habits of butterflies.
You have also shown great creativity in arranging these stamp-sized images into a lovely collage.
Well done and thanks.

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1811 W: 29 N: 5243] (17176)
  • [2008-08-18 22:59]

Hi Pankaj,
This is an outstanding collage of beautiful butterflies on the lantana flowers. Wonderful colours and details in all and I like the way you have presented them. Great substance and superb collection. You really set such high standards and it is always such a pleasure for butterfly lovers like me learn. Thanks for sharing this image.
Sumon

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  • vral Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 60 W: 1 N: 191] (871)
  • [2008-08-19 0:10]

Hello Pankaj,

Very impressive and educative collage of these 20 butterflies. All images are sharp and colorful. This is a fine way of passing on knowledge to coming generations. Nice to know your daughter could identify them.

Thanks a lot for sharing
vral

Hi Pankaj Da,
A nice collage of these butterflies over various lantana flowers. Very nice presentation. I think it should on some magazine's cover page. Very well done. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi, Pankaj,

another excellent and very educational poster of butterfly photos from you : ) very well done. thanks for sharing.

chrs,
Man Yee

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 996 W: 4 N: 2570] (11874)
  • [2008-08-19 1:05]

Dada, Just impressive. brilliant. I am sure you must have spent big amount of time in arranging them in one single window. Brilliant effort and I am sure the person who study on them will give you a treat. Superb presentation and lovely show. Great. Ganesh smiley shortly

That's marvellous, such a beautiful arrangement with nice colours.
Best wishes,
Achim

Hello Pankaj. You are right about the combination. I have a few on lantana and the one I posted today. Well done with the presentation. Best regards. Jusni

Hello Pankaj,
What a marvellous collage! all shots are fabulous, wonderful.
tfs

Dear Pankaj,
Its great to see the fashion show on Lantana. Every butterfly as an artist has been very well covered with excellent POV, sharpness & a unique wisdom involved in this kind of composition. TFS.
Regards-Subhash

Hello Pankaj,

Superb collection of butterflies on lantana flowers. Excellent sharpness for all the pictures and wonderful explosion of colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hi Pankaj
All the shots are beautiful sharp and nicely composed. Great colorful image and great note
Best wishes
Krzysztof

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1427 W: 128 N: 5241] (23187)
  • [2008-08-20 18:46]

Hello Pankaj! Beautiful presentation of these fantastic shots ,well done, thanks!

Mario

Hola Pankaj.

Que bueno, pero si las tienes todas en un buen collage que da gusto ver.

Saludos.

Hi Pankaj
Well done! A beautiful collage of so many butterflies. I guess this shows something about Lantana... butterfly love it. We should all have Lantana growning around us. Here in Canada it's a garden plant. Nice sharp detail and colour.
TFS Janice

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2582 W: 170 N: 7867] (24879)
  • [2008-08-22 9:39]

Hello Pankaj,
This is a very lovely collage showing a wonderful range of butterflies on your Lantana bushes. The Lantana is to you what the Buddleia bush is to us, I'd guess! I love to see them all together like this, a real feast for the eyes! Excellent work!
Many thanks and best wishes, Ulla

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 663 W: 98 N: 1262] (4185)
  • [2008-08-22 14:12]

Very interesting and creative presentation. You are right about lantana. It seems to be a butterfly magnet. I planted a few in my back yard also for the same reason.

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 0 N: 2229] (9388)
  • [2008-08-23 1:17]

Hello Pankaj,
Sorry, I misssed this very interesting posting. I also just could verify that some plants are very attractive for insects, like your Lantana flowers. An excellent assemblage, very homogeneous, because of the presence of the same flower in every picture. Just great to have such a choice of beauties. Thanks also for the names of all these butterflies.
Best regards
Anne

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2765 W: 150 N: 7969] (24819)
  • [2008-08-23 3:38]

A superb montage, Pankaj!
Great to see not only all these different Indian butterflies, but to realise what a fantastic butterfly flower this S. American plant, Lantana, is!
Strangely, when we can grow it in the summer, lantana is not as attractive to N. European butterflies.
TFS this excellent piece of work,
Regards, Ivan

Ciao Pankaj, fantastic collage of your splendid butterflies, wonderful colors, great details and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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