Butterflies of Sri Lanka - #11 Common Baron

After a few long months of setback due to exam studies, I've decided to continue my work on the blogger again.... Harsh afternoon sun light is not really a good one to photograph butterflies. I saw this Common Baron Butterfly (Euthalia aconthea vasanta) resting on the Kahamal, Golden Trumpet tree (Allamanda cathartica) leaf in my garden, luckily it was not sitting in the bright sunlight, but under the shade of the tree. Usually these butterflies are pretty alert and don’t allow you to approach quite close. I was carrying my Nikon D3200 equipped with Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II Lens. So I tiptoed towards the butterfly with my kit-lens just to make sure that I don’t miss any chances.

The wings are dark brown above with a broad but obscure band on both wings. A few small white spots define the inner edge of this band. The spots are larger and most distinct in the female than the male. The underside is a paler brown than the upperside. The proboscis of this species is a bright yellow-green. The Common Baron often called simply baron, is a medium-sized nymphalid butterfly native to India and Southeast Asia.

ISO -400  f/5.6 1/125sec