Patterns & Swirls - _TNY_3603
This beautiful butterfly I found at the Haga Ocean butterfly is a species known as the variable cracker (Hamadryas feronia) or blue cracker.
The reason they are known as "crackers" is that they are able to make a cracking sound using their wings which is used either for warding off other males or courting females - I'm not sure which.
I haven't photographed it before - but I have a photo of the chrysalis which looks quite peculiar here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53591458444/
Patterns & Swirls - _TNY_3603
This beautiful butterfly I found at the Haga Ocean butterfly is a species known as the variable cracker (Hamadryas feronia) or blue cracker.
The reason they are known as "crackers" is that they are able to make a cracking sound using their wings which is used either for warding off other males or courting females - I'm not sure which.
I haven't photographed it before - but I have a photo of the chrysalis which looks quite peculiar here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53591458444/