1. it's only 18 KM from Raub, making it one of the nearest cascades within Raub
2. there is a good sampling of butterflies present here
3. I am trying to learn to photograph them...
Here's the result-
A tiny Skipper, Seseria affinis kermana
The Common Imperial, Cheritra freja frigga
The Common Caerulean, Jamides alecto ageladas
A tiny Skipper butterfly
The Malayan Sunbeam
The Tawny Rajah, Charaxes bernadus crepax
A Common Grass Yellow, Eurema spp.
I was about to leave the place when I accidently kicked on a pile of dirt and so, I had to return to the stream to wash my leg - from the distance, I noticed an unusually large black and white nymphalid flapping about the sand bank and I immediately ran back to the car to get my camera. The rewards for the patience and chance: an extremely beautiful specimen of Glorious Begum, Agatasa calydonia calydonia. It's colours really lived up to its name as the close up shows that it is almost bejewelled like a ruby-encrusted piece of jewellry that a real begum would have had...
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