Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes. ~Author Unknown
Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves..Drew Barrymore
Music by Kitaro
Epiphany and synchronicity work in mysterious ways. Just a faint but innocent impulse of a thought bubbling up from the transcendence that witnesses the desire being fulfilled when the flirting visit of a butterfly descended at the garden this morning. This unusual huge dark blue butterfly emerged from the jungle fringe and landed at the nectar of the garden bloomed flower sipping with its winds flapping wide open.
Armed with an iphone, with lightness of mind and body, this amicable butterfly ( still searching for its scientific name ) is generously posturing its position for a close range video shot.
Enjoy the video clip.
-wsmystic
This photo was shot using iphone 4 camera at close range – some 6 inches away from the subject.
Lime Butterfly at the porch garden
Lime Butterfly at the porch garden
Info on common lime butterfly (sourced from wikipedia)
Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus) is a widespread butterfly and gets its name from its host plants which are usually citrus species such as the lime. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies it does not have a prominent tail. It is perhaps the most widely distributed swallowtail in the world. Butterfly is an avid mud-puddler and visitor of flowers. It basks with its wings held wide open on tufts of and generally keeps within a metre above the ground, even on cloudy days. It relies on its quick flight for escape.
An interesting butterfly in that it has a number of modes of flight. In the cool of the morning, the flight is slow considering that it is an edible and unprotected swallowtail. As the day progresses, it flies fast, straight and low. In the hotter part of the day, it may be found settling on damp patches where it will remain motionless, except for an occasional flutter of wings, if not disturbed.
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It is also a frequent visitor of flowers in gardens, where it shows a preference for flowers of smaller herbs rather than larger plants such as the ubiquitous with its plentiful blooms. While resting, the butterfly closes its wing over its back and draws the forewings between the hindwings.
