Brown Beauties

A common sight in my garden is to see a pair of brown wings
and sometimes, gray wings, on the foliage. The more exotic and
colourful butterflies make a quick stop-over but my brown ones
are here to stay.



Although the Common Palmfly loves to be on the palm leaves
or on the bamboo, it's very difficult to photograph them
with the wings spread out. I found a dead one in my backyard
and got this shot.



Otherwise I only get them like this. The two photos are of the
males.



This is what a female looks like. It mimics the Common Tiger
butterfly and in flight, looks very different from the male
of the species. You can see a mating pair below.



And here are the ones with the rings! The names can be pretty
confusing. The Common Five Ring, the Common Bush Brown, the
Dark-Brand Bush Brown and the Common Evening Brown. The brown
ones with the rings...does that ring a bell?! Brown girls in
the ring tra la la la la.........!!! Enjoy going through the
photos. The right names or not, it's wonderful to know that
these brown beauties have made my garden their home.