| Browns are small to medium
size butterflies. Their wings are mainly brown with distinctive eyespots. Like
to fly in shaded areas. Less attracted to flowers and prefer other decaying juice. |
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Common Evening
Brown
(Melanitis leda)
Medium size. Common and can be seen
all year round. This butterfly is so named because it is mostly active at dusk. |
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Common Palmfly
(Elymnias hypermnestra)
Medium size. Common and often seen
in spring, summer and autumn. Its larvae feed on a variety of palms. The adults
are therefore always found nearby. | | |
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| Blues are small butterflies.
The underwings are mainly gray and the upper wings usually possess large blue-purple
patches. |
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Common Hedge
Blue
(Acytolepis puspa)
Small size. Common and can be seen
all year round. Widely distributed in mountains and lowland. |
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Pale Grass
Blue
(Zizeeria maha)
Small size. Common and can be seen all
year round. One of the commonest butterflies in Hong Kong. Larval food plant is
the widely distributed Sorrel. | | |
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Lesser Grass
Blue
(Zizina otis)
Small size. Common and can be seen all
year round. Looks similar to Pale Grass Blue, but smaller in size. |
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| Skippers are small butterflies.
The wings are mainly brown in colour. Prefer to fly in shaded areas or become
active at dusk. |
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Common Straight
Swift
(Parnara guttata)
Small size. Common and can be seen
in spring, summer and autumn. Prefer to fly close to the ground surface of open
grassland. | | |
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Indian Palm
Bob
(Suastus gremius)
Small size. Uncommon and can be seen
in spring, summer and autumn. Its larvae feed on a variety of palms. The adults
are therefore always found nearby. | | |
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