The Garden Commodore/ Garden Inspector

Well...it has certainly been a heck of a long time since I've done a bug entry but it's about time I got back to what my blog was for. It is Simon's BUG corner after all!

The first entry of this mini reboot will be one of my favourite butterflies of all time. Namely, as the title says, the Garden Commodore/Inspector (Precis archesia archesia)

These guys feed off the nectar of flowers and there actually isn't much difference between the males and the females in colouration, they are both equally beautiful! They can be identified by a fairly sturdy looking body and a pointed head. The main give away is the colouration on the wings.

They can either be a dark brown going on to black, with a brilliantly bright orange strip going diagonally up their wings with small white dots in the stripe, or they can have a crimson stripe with white spots, as well as a slightly blue tint in the top corners of their wings. These butterflies 4-5 Centimetres long when they are adults and in my opinion, they are the most beautiful butterflies out of the lot simply because they mix practical camouflage with beauty. The brown obviously mimics the forest floor but the red and orange is stunning!

Here, have two pictures I managed to take before it flew away! I think you'll understand when you see it. This guy has the second colouration pattern that I mentioned.





Stunning don't you think?

That's really all I have to say for now, I'll hopefully make these more interesting as I get into them again.

Anyway chaps, hope you enjoyed reading this