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Pha Dang NP, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Nymphalidae
Sub-Family : Biblidinae
Genus : Ariadne
Species : Ariadne merione tapestrina
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Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 2nd May 2017
Equipment: Nikon D800 with Micro-Nikkor 105mm
Common Castor (Ariadne merione merione), also called Castor Butterfly, is a very slow flier of the family Nymphalidae and is found throughout India. While resting on leaves of any dense vegetation, it flaps its wings sideways. It visits the flowers of castor and nettle plants.
"How does one become a butterfly?" she asked pensively. "You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar."
~ Trina Paulus
A Common Castor (ariadne merione), captured in the backyard. This orange butterfly with brown lines is so called because its larvae feed almost exclusively on the Castor oil plant (ricinus communis), a species of flowering plant in the spurge family.
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 2nd May 2017
Equipment: Nikon D800 with Micro-Nikkor 105mm
Common castors kept fluttering through my mother's garden last week. They are strong flyers; hardly ever settling down for long. When they do sit, most of the time they keep their wings folded, so you cannot see the great ochre-orange colour of the upper side of the wings. I was lucky this one wanted to bask in the sun with its wings open.
Nymphalidae » Ariadne merione
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55mm, 1/250s, ISO-100, F5.6, -0.33 ev, Av, Spot, Canon EOS Rebel T2i ~ 18-55mm IS
ID: Ariadne merione (Common Castor)
Common Castor - Ariadne merione [more of this species]
Date: September 24, 2006
Location: London Butterfly House [more at this location]
Country: United Kingdom
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The Common Castor (Ariadne merione) is an orange butterfly with brown lines whose larvae feed almost exclusively on Castor Ricinus communis. — at Saltlake City.
Ariadne merione, also known as the Common Castor, is an orange butterfly with brown lines whose larvae feed almost exclusively on Castor Ricinus communis. It is similar in appearance to Ariadne ariadne, the Angled Castor.
This species is found in south-eastern Asia. Their wingspan ranges between 30–35mm. Like others in the Nymphalidae family, their front two legs are small and unused, effectively making them four-legged. These smaller appendages are covered with long hairs, giving them the characteristic brush look.
Distribution: All over India, Simla to Sikhim in the Himalayas, and recorded from Rajputana and Bengal; Assam; Burma; Tenasserim; Malayan Subregion. The Tenasserim specimens are darker and often without the white subcostal spot in the fore wing, approximating thus to the Southern Indian and Ceylon race.
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Nymphalidae (brushfooted butterfly family) » Ariadne merione
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Ariadne merione. A common butterfly, usually seen basking or fluttering weakly by. But it took me 10 years to get a good picture of its underside!
Nymphalidae » Ariadne merione
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Nymphalidae (brushfooted butterfly family) » Ariadne merione
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Butterfly - Common Castor
Binomial Name - Ariadne merione
Shot at Changanacherry, Kerala,India on 27th June 2010
Ariadne merione - butterflies encountered on a regular walk by a river near Buddavaram, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, see my blog post for more: margavp.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/butterflies-insects-and-...
On the dry leaves scattered around the trail up the Burapahar, butterflies appeared magically after nine in the morning, basking in the mottled patches of sunlight. Here is an early-rising common castor.
Common Castor at Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand, 130306. Ariadne merione pharis. Nymphalidae: Biblidinae.
Delight in the beauty that surrounds you.
A Common Castor (ariadne merione) clicked at the Kannur Fort.
Rather a long way off for my camera…but nice to see more than one species of castor on this trip. Thailand.
Common Castor
Location: Forest Track, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 13th March 2016
Equipment: Nikon D800 with 2x TC
Common Castor
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 23rd December 2016
Equipment: Nikon D800 with Micro-Nikkor 105mm
Common Castor
Location: Forest Track, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 18th December 2016
Equipment: Nikon D800 with Nikkor 300mm f2.8
ID: Ariadne merione (Common Castor)
Could have removed the twigs, leaves and other distractions from the frame for a clearer and closer shot, but that would have disturbed this loving pair. This is the closest that I could get without interfering in the dense bush where, hardly a foot above the ground, they put up an amazing and gentle display of intimacy for nearly five minutes.
Had to switch to spot metering and selective zones because AF was getting constantly confused due to the dense surrounding. A few details are lost out in the process, and margin of error increased. This one is one of the three good captures from a total of 30+ tries.
Do try the larger version. Captured in Raw, pp in Lr.
55mm, 1/250s, ISO-100, F5.6, -0.33 ev, Av, Spot, Hand-held, Canon EOS Rebel T2i ~ 18-55mm IS