COMMON MIME AND KING CROW

The Common Mime was puddling to sip nutrients from the soil

I think this was the first time I spotted a Common Mime butterfly in the garden. Unfortunately I wasn't carrying my camera, and by the time I came back with one, this butterfly was no longer there for me.

Nearby, I saw this large King Crow butterfly hovering around this Syzygium tree and it kept coming back to the flowers of this tree for nectar. Despite my slow walk towards the tree, the butterfly flew off several times but always settle back to the tree again after circling it several times.

The King Crow was elusive but always return to the same tree

COMMON MIME

I saw this dead Common Mime butterfly wedged between the metal bars at the nursery propagation house's ceiling fan on 11 Jan 10.

The wings look pristine, except for the part caught by the bar, indicating that it was not at this adult stage for long.

Did it get suck into the rotating fan, whilst flapping its wings frantically to try and escape the rotating monster, or did it fly directly into it, I wonder?

Regardless, it is not a beautiful and dignified way to die in this manner, for a creature that already has a short life span of only about a month.