4162. WILDLIFE SINGAPORE. The Scarce Silverstreak butterfly

SCARCE SILVERSTREAK, SINGAPORE ZOO, 1 JUL 2025, 10.38am

 Iraota rochana boswelliana is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly.

 

Near Wild Asian Pond Turtle. Bright sunny day.

An uncommon butterfly in singapore

Canon R5, 105mm, 1/2000 sec, f/4.5, ISO 1250

 

 

 

 Nowadays, most public gardens including Gardens By the Bay, Botanic Gardens, the Singapore Zoo has very few butterflies. This is one of them. Probable reason is the regular heavy thermal fogging to kill mosquitoes, killing off the caterpillars too.