Butterflies Galore!

I’m not a morning person and at this rate I don’t expect a miracle any soon. The only exception for my night owl behavior is when the morning has many promises and surprises in store for me like when I am in the countryside.

The morning calls of the myriad of birds taking sanctuary of the nearby thicket pinches me out of my sleep. I am out of the door with my trusted sidekick (happens to be my cam) in no time. My father throws a bewildered glance at me over his steaming cup of tea and seeing the cam, goes back to sipping the tea with a knowing look.

Although birds are very enthusiastic on getting me out of bed they have other ideas about posing for my cam. There were of course a few who didn’t mind letting me capture a few shots of their morning life.

Trying to capture the feathered friends I was forgetting the smaller critters of flight hovering closer to the ground till I stumbled on a small bush in full bloom with purple flowers. It is called “balu nakuta” (the dogs tail) and the flowers rich with nectar attracts many butterflies. The undergrowth was splashed purple with many bushes of the same species and it was like a miniature eco system buzzing with life.




This one is called the Common Rose (Pachilopta aristolochiae) and it had to keep flying even when sipping nectar as the flower was too small to bear its weight. That is how I ended up with this action shot!

Then I saw this tiny and quite unimpressive looking butterfly having its share of the breakfast without much ado while our Ms Rose was making a spectacle of herself. As I quite expected my index did not contain this little fellow. But with due respect to the constitution of the butterflies which says “however uncolourful or minute, all butterflies should be treated equally” I am posting It’s pic too :D suggestions of its name are always welcome!



The sun was slowly rising warming up the cool morning air and I was getting hungry as I watched the feeding frenzy of my friends. On my way back home I met several interesting characters. Await the next post…. ; )