Secret Super Spots - _TNY_0910
This equally eye-catching and difficult to photograph, male blue-frosted banner (Catonephele numilia), also known as the blue-frosted banner, blue-spotted firewing, blue-frosted Catone, Grecian shoemaker or stoplight Catone was trying to enjoy an orange at the Haga Ocean butterfly house. It was however bothered a bit by a much larger pale owl butterfly, (Caligo memnon) which actually chased this one over the edge of the orange.
He eventually climbed back and leaning through a railing and out over the water, I managed this shot where the larger butterfly was only partially in shot.
Then in Photoshop I edited out the grumpy bully completely and ended up with this shot. That'll show him!
The name "blue-frosted banner" comes from the blue edge of the hind wings and it is also called the "stoplight Catone". Since that requires you to see the opened wings, you might want to hasve a look here for a very similar shot, but with the wings open: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52376943939/
The origin of "Grecian shoemaker is beyond me though. Please tell me if you know.
The females look nothing like these though and instead are a paler black with a single white band over each wing plus one red spot per wing and red eyes.
Secret Super Spots - _TNY_0910
This equally eye-catching and difficult to photograph, male blue-frosted banner (Catonephele numilia), also known as the blue-frosted banner, blue-spotted firewing, blue-frosted Catone, Grecian shoemaker or stoplight Catone was trying to enjoy an orange at the Haga Ocean butterfly house. It was however bothered a bit by a much larger pale owl butterfly, (Caligo memnon) which actually chased this one over the edge of the orange.
He eventually climbed back and leaning through a railing and out over the water, I managed this shot where the larger butterfly was only partially in shot.
Then in Photoshop I edited out the grumpy bully completely and ended up with this shot. That'll show him!
The name "blue-frosted banner" comes from the blue edge of the hind wings and it is also called the "stoplight Catone". Since that requires you to see the opened wings, you might want to hasve a look here for a very similar shot, but with the wings open: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52376943939/
The origin of "Grecian shoemaker is beyond me though. Please tell me if you know.
The females look nothing like these though and instead are a paler black with a single white band over each wing plus one red spot per wing and red eyes.