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Wikipedia: Parthenos sylvia, the clipper, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia, mostly in forested areas. The clipper is a fast-flying butterfly and has a habit of flying with its wings flapping stiffly between the horizontal position and a few degrees below the horizontal. It may glide between spurts of flapping.
The Peruvian 'BAP Union' (second largest clipper in the world) passes Maassluis early in the morning on its way to open sea
Black skimmer Lake Lucas Doral, Florida, USA.
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Parthenos sylvia
Description
C'est un grand papillon d'une envergure de 70 à 120 mm suivant les sous-espèces. Le plus souvent de couleur noire ornementé de taches jaunes presque hyalines mais suivant les sous-espèces il peut se colorer de divers tons de bleu et de vert.
Chenille
De couleur variable suivant les sous-espèces elle est épineuse.
Biologie
C'est une espèce au vol rapide qui présente la particularité d'avoir un mouvement de battement d'ailes compris principalement entre l'horizontale et quelques degrés en dessous. Entre deux battements d'ailes il effectue des vols planés.
Plantes hôtes
Les plantes hôtes de sa chenille sont des Cucurbitaceae, des Passifloraceae (Adenia palmata), des Menispermaceae (Tinospora cordifolia)1,2.
Écologie et distribution
Il est présent dans la plupart des pays d'Asie du sud-est, en particulier dans les Philippines, en Inde dans les Ghâts occidentaux, l'Assam, le Myanmar,au Sri Lanka, au Sri Lanka, en Malaisie, aux Philippines et en Nouvelle-Guinée.
Biotope
Il réside dans la jungle dense.
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Benoît Gagnon
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Close-up of a clipper butterfly (parthenos sylvia), displaying near perfect symmetry in its wing markings. Photographed in Mai Rim, near Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The Clipper butterfly can be found in a variety of different colors such as blue, green, brown and gold. Each of these different color forms is a subspecie of Parthenos sylvia. Clippers are strong flyers and glide along (they don't flutter like other butterflies), covering a fair amount of ground each day. This one, with its damaged right wing, was taken at the Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History.
The Parthenos sylvia, or the Clipper, is a butterfly usually found in the rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. They have large wings that make them strong fliers and gliders. Although they have similar markings, there are more than 30 subspecies that have visual differences and live in different regions.
I found this Clipper butterfly (parthenos sylvia) in a forested part of Penang Hill, on the island of Penang, in Malaysia. Fortunately, the butterfly remained in this open-wing position long enough for me to shoot a macro illustrating the near perfect symmetry of its wing markings.
A macro view of electric hair clipper blades. The frame spans approximately 3mm across.
I was growing increasingly discontent with the haircuts I had been receiving. It had gotten to the point that I would come home after my hair appointments, pull out my shears, and touchup my hair to my liking. I finally made the decision to just cut my hair myself. That was twenty-five years ago; I have been cutting my own hair ever since. This is a macro view of the electric WAHL clippers I have been using since then.
Side note: The blurry line in the top blade had confounded me. It appeared in each of several alternate (yes–60+ focus stacked) shots. I surmise that it is from the oil lubrication on the blade.
Strobist/technical info:
The scene is a 64-image focus stack composite. It was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights, CL/CR, fired through 24" softboxes in Manual mode @ ⅛ power and triggered by PocketWizard Plus Xs.
Lens: Nikon CFI Plan 10X Infinity Achromat objective + Raynox DCM-250.
The Clipper Round the World fleet docked at the Foyle Port Marina on the River Foyle in L'Derry, Northern Ireland.
The Clipper fleet returned to L'Derry after Leg 8 - The Atlantic Homecoming Leg from the East Coast of the USA.
Liberty Clipper, a Baltimore Clipper style schooner, one of the fast sailing ships of its day, is seen here enjoying Baltimore Harbor
Ansco Clipper 16 Camera The Ansco Clipper and Flash Clipper were simple non-adjustable cameras made by Agfa Ansco, later Ansco, from the 1930s into the 1950s. The series began as the Agfa Ansco PD16 Clipper, but Agfa branding was dropped during the WWII years. They took 16 images on 616 film. The lens board pulled out of the camera body for taking pictures, and collapsed to make the camera more compact when not in use. The focus and aperture were fixed, while the shutter had I and B settings. This camera is very clean and usable, I purchased from a collector.
Parthenos sylvia, the clipper is a species of butterfly found in Asia, mostly in forested areas. The clipper is a fast-flying butterfly.
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