Common Crow - Selangor, Malaysia

 

If you go trekking in Malaysia, you will be disappointed by the wildlife... it is advertised a lot, tigers, leopards, elephants, snakes... but you bearly seen anything of these, fortunately because if fact you don't want to be face to face with a tiger.

 

 

So basically, each time you go out in the jungle you mainly see trees, ferns, lianas... vegetables.

 

 

Fortunatly, there are plenty of insects! Ants, spiders, flies, leeches, bugs and butterflies... those are beautiful, colorful, flying without rest from leave to leaves. Althought it is not easy to capture with the camera, the do rest some times.

 

 

This butterfly is one of the most common of Malaysia and all South East Asia, the Common Crow. Here is a small description of what you can find on the web about this butterfly:

 

 

Males are often seen imbibing moisture from patches of damp ground. They also visit decomposing fruit on the forest floor, and in Sri Lanka I have seen clusters of males feeding on juices exuded by dead snakes. Females are more commonly seen when nectaring, and have a strong preference for the flowers of Lantana.

 

At dusk the butterflies gather together in communal roosts - typically of a dozen or so will cluster together, hanging from twigs in semi-shaded situations. In the dry season, aestivating roosts of a hundred or more butterflies can sometimes be found along dry river courses in forested habitats.

 

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