Kupu-Kupu Barong Butterfly

My friend Rudy Aslee Kedizan received an unexpected visitor today at Yayasan Senang Hati - a Kupu-Kupu Barong Butterfly! The triangular shapes edged in black are see-through, and the wingspan is about 8 inches!

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More Butterflies

Yes, I'm a sucker for butterflies. And I will continue to add new photos for your enjoyment.

You really need to come here and see for yourself - still photos don't capture the joy of 2 butterflies dancing together in the air. A couple of days ago (withOUT my camera handy), I even saw FOUR dancing together!

For this shot, I'm looking up at the pergola over the lobby entrance. I think the butterflies get confused and are "trapped" by the glass on top of it - much to my photographic advantage!

And a perfect profile.

A different location, a different butterfly, thanks to my telephoto lens! The Swift Peacock (irridescent blue-green) seems especially fond of this flowering tree.

"Swift Peacock" Butterfly

Good news / bad news. First the good - I got some great photos of the irridescent "Swift Peacock" Butterfly.

In some lights it looks blue, in others green.

The bad - it had expired... When alive, they are difficult to photograph because they move so swiftly.

Another butterfly - or maybe it's a moth? And statues / fountains

Whether this is a butterfly or a moth, it is very interesting.
It posed outside my room for at least 5 minutes to give me plenty of time to try different light settings.

New statues and fountains in the fish pond... Yes, the fish pond at the front entrance has now been filled and stocked with koi. The middle statue is the Hindu Goddess Saraswati. And on each side, there is a black-stone statue / fountain of Dewi Sri, the rice field goddess.

Massage, Balinese Dance, Yellow Butterfly, Flooding Rice Fields

The brochure is at the printer's! Here is a preview of new photos they added.

Massage

Balinese dance lesson












And now, more photos of the environment.


I'll continue to share beautiful butterflies as I get their photos. This one posed for me on the pergola over the front entrance - so I was shooting up into the sky, literally! And that explains the transparency of the wings.

The rice fields, being flooded prior to planting. If you look closely, you can see how the upper fields flood the lower fields through tiny waterfalls.

More views from Bhanuswari terrace & REAL butterflies

Early morning Mt. Agung.

Looking at the rice fields to the northwest, uphill.

Would you like to have your breakfast on the terrace?

Black & white stripes on the upper wing, orange dots on the lower (don't know the name yet).

The irridescent Swift Peacock, coming in for a landing in profile, looking blue.

The Swift Peacock again, looking green.

About the Logo for Bhanuswari Resort and Spa …

In case you are wondering about the logo for Bhanuswari Resort and Spa (see http://www.bhanuswariresort.com/ ), it represents two elements found on the property – rice and butterflies. For those who have never seen rice growing in a field, here it is – almost ready for harvest. It’s basically a grass, and the rice you eat is the seed.

And the blue butterfly? Since the vegetation near the stream is in a natural state, they have an abundance of butteries, of many colors, shapes, and sizes. When here in October 2004, I was standing quietly under the trees near the spring-fed stream, watching white, yellow, green, black-and-orange, and black-and-white butterflies, as well as a couple of dragonflies.

Suddenly I saw a flash of bright blue! Not a sky blue, but a vivid, shimmering blue. But as soon as it registered, I lost sight of it. I remained still, and in a few more minutes, I saw it again, and this time was able to track it. A butterfly in a color I had never seen before – the underneath of the wings were black, but the top was a gorgeous blue, outlined in black.

I came back several times before actually moving, and while I saw many butterflies, I did not see the blue one again. However, it was so beautiful that I suggested they include a representation of it in the Bhanuswari logo anyway.

In early December, when visiting Bhanuswari to see progress on the hotel, I finally saw it again!

A few days later, I went to the Ganesha Bookshop in Ubud – and there was a book on “Butterflies of Bali” by Victor Mason – brand new, published in 2005, with beautiful illustrations by a local artist called “Pink”. I flipped through the book – and I think I found the butterfly!

Here it is, “The Swift Peacock”.