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Silverstreak
15-Jan-2008, 01:06 AM
Guess what are the butterflies.:)

These butterflies were dog-fighting over the tree top .They were just too fast and too far to tell what they are with naked eyes.

Took this at ISO 1600. 1/8000 sec F/11 in attempting to ID them. Will post result tomolo.
Leopard Lacewing
15-Jan-2008, 09:58 AM
Any hints on the speed? km/h? :bsmile:

From the EXIF, it must be flying super fast... :thinking:
Painted Jezebel
15-Jan-2008, 11:34 AM
Fast, high-flying dog-fight, good sized species - I'll guess Troides helena.
horace2264
15-Jan-2008, 11:58 AM
What time of the day was the shot taken?

My guess is Common Red Flash.
Peacock Royal
15-Jan-2008, 12:32 PM
My guess : Papilio iswara iswara
Elbowed Pierrot
15-Jan-2008, 01:23 PM
the one on the top left corner looks like a carpenter bee leh :P
Glorious Begum
15-Jan-2008, 06:27 PM
my guess is Hypolimnas bolina.
Commander
15-Jan-2008, 06:32 PM
Sunny, are these the species that you showed me yesterday? :thinking:
Common Mime
15-Jan-2008, 06:37 PM
The top left bugger sure is a bee.
Sky Blue
15-Jan-2008, 10:34 PM
agree with Simon, that's carpenter bee
Silverstreak
15-Jan-2008, 11:07 PM
I was sitting there frustrated with them all buzzing around at high speed and could not make out what they were. With high ISO and High shutter speed of up to 1/8000s sec, I focused on the dead tree and fired away when they came into sight

They were Graphium sarpedon luctatius (Common Bluebottle )
This is the first time I see the species hill topping and doing dogfight.

The upper left was a stray carpenter bee that got into the way.

Here's a couple more shots :