Large butterfly with light blue patches on black wings. Closely resembles, or possibly a mimic of the Dappled Monarch (Tirumala petiverana) which also like this one has no tail. Found in a wet ground behind the building. Butterfly, puddling and squirting simultaneously. This is the first time that I would observe this phenomenon in butterflies. It is obvious that some butterflies do not retain all the solution imbibed from puddles, but rather expel some water from the solution as the small quick stream (shown in the video), after the essential nutrients from the solution may have been filtered into the butterfly's system. See video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4exfTSCIQ
The butterfly in the center of the picture: out of focus, and blue-black-white. Crops of pictures taken by Matthias Graben: www.matthias-graben-fotografie.de
The butterfly in the center of the picture: out of focus, and blue-black-white. Crops of pictures taken by Matthias Graben: www.matthias-graben-fotografie.de
The butterfly in the center of the picture: out of focus, and blue-black-white. Crops of pictures taken by Matthias Graben: www.matthias-graben-fotografie.de
Large butterfly with light blue patches on black wings. Closely resembles, or possibly a mimic of the Dappled Monarch (Tirumala petiverana) which also like this one has no tail. Found in a wet ground behind the building. Butterfly, puddling and squirting simultaneously. This is the first time that I would observe this phenomenon in butterflies. It is obvious that some butterflies do not retain all the solution imbibed from puddles, but rather expel some water from the solution as the small quick stream (shown in the video), after the essential nutrients from the solution may have been filtered into the butterfly's system. See video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4exfTSCIQ
Large butterfly with light blue patches on black wings. Closely resembles, or possibly a mimic of the Dappled Monarch (Tirumala petiverana) which also like this one has no tail. Found in a wet ground behind the building. Butterfly, puddling and squirting simultaneously. This is the first time that I would observe this phenomenon in butterflies. It is obvious that some butterflies do not retain all the solution imbibed from puddles, but rather expel some water from the solution as the small quick stream (shown in the video), after the essential nutrients from the solution may have been filtered into the butterfly's system. See video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4exfTSCIQ