Common Map Butterfly in Motion

Cyrestis thyodamas

 

 

Testing the Pentax DA300mmF4 lens a photo series of this butterfly was taken today.

The butterfly is called a Common Map Butterfly.

They have some raggedy looking wings and, don't usually stay still for very long.

 

The weather was so nice, in Okinawa today, I had to get out and do some shooting.

So, I grabbed the Pentax K3 and a tripod and walked around Kin Dam.

These photos were taken a f/11  1/400   ISO 100.

It was so much fun, chasing critters, I didn't get back until sunset.

Eagles, hawks, ducks and herons, were just part of the photographic captures, today.

It may take a week to get all the photos processed.

And, another week, to identify some of the new wildlife, I discovered.

Maybe, I should get some interns to do all this office stuff.

Because, if the sun keeps shining, like it did today, I'm outta here !

 

Wildlife Photo: Common Map Butterfly (Cyrestis thyodamas)

Known as the Ishigakecho, in Japan, this is a Common Map Butterfly.

They can be seen almost anywhere you go in Okinawa and lots of other places in Asia.

The wings look like they are a little busted-up but, that's normal for these characters.

Somebody at The Indian Foundation for Butterflies put together a neat

collection of these critters, at various stages in their life cycle.

You might want to take a look at it.

That way you won't accidentally step on one of the caterpillars and squish it or,

worse yet, sit on one of their eggs when you go for a nature walk !