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Great Orange Tip (Hebomoia glaucippe, 鶴頂粉蝶) is the largest Pieridae in Hong Kong. It has a strong and swift flight, always flies high above the ground and rarely stops. Its distinctive feature is the large orange patches on the forewings. I spotted this Great Orange Tip in the Hong Kong Park on 28 April and […]
Pink and White Shower Tree
Every year around April the only registered Old and Valuable Tree (OVT) of its species in Hong Kong, the Pink and White Shower Tree (cassia javanica var. indochinensis, 節果決明 ) at the ‘Murray’, a former government building turned Hotel, is beginning to bloom and the green treetop gradually turns into a sea of pink and […]
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This Purple and Gold Flitter (Zographetus satwa, 黃裳腫脈弄蝶) was spotted in the Hong Kong Park on 20 April. It is assessed as a rare species in Hong Kong according to the Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation Department. They occur from July to October.
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The Parathyma sulpitia, commonly known as the Five-dot Sergeant Butterfly (殘鍔線蛺蝶), is of the Nymphalidae Family. This Five-dot Sergeant was spotted in the Hong Kong Park on 11 April this year. They are Widely distributed in woodland area throughout Hong Kong from February to December.
