Butterfly photos from Kibale National Park, Uganda – Africa
Uganda holds an astonishing 1200+ species of butterflies. Compare this to North America’s 650 species or United Kingdom’s 50 species, and it is clear how impressive a number this is. Of course that is comparing an equatorial region to a temperate seasonal climate with a short breeding season. Kenya contains around 1000 species at comparable latitude.
Butterflies are often a challenge to photograph since they are usually seen flying or can be shy to approach. But over time I’ve been able to capture a few of the species found here in Kibale National Park. At some point I have to sort through and label them all, but up to now it has been fun to see the diversity in color, shape and size. Also, one aspect of butterflies I never realized there is significant variation in pattern and size of males to females of certain species. Now I’m fairly certain I have the bellow species correct with both sexes represented with significantly different color and pattern:
For me, it seems an easy transition into photographing butterflies from birds. The variability and wonderful colors are represented in both and it has been fun here in Kibale National Park with so many species of butterflies to see.
November 14th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
Such great photo’s, taken with much determination and patience.
Everytime I tried to take a picture of a butterfly it just darted away.