#common leopard

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A Daisy for Energy

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

A Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha) drinking from a weed that looks like the Singapore Daisy along the rail corridor trail.

This was taken with an old Adaptall mount manual focus 90mm macro lens.

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A Leopard Energy Drink

A Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha) drinking from a flower of what looks like the weed Sphagneticola trilobata along the rail corridor trail. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Phalanta phalantha phalantha (Drury, [1773]) – Oriental Common Leopard 

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Day 4 - Phalanta Phalanta / Common Leopard Butterfly

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Big cats

Currently on an internship in the foothills of the Himalayas, tracking tree densities and leopards for three weeks (pretty promptly after MA thesis hand in). Here are some big cats, which were not tracked down (sadly), but are residents of Lalazhar Wildlife Park [there are 4 monkeys, 6 pheasants, a snow leopard and 2 common leopards - unfortunately the 16 black bears escaped when their cage got damaged in some floods and were all killed by scared locals :(]

Smush. Smush.

I have also managed to see one in the wild (very rare, apparently) and also three yellow throated pine martens. This is what I was made for!

Since getting internet, up here in mild isolation (not holding my breath, last time it was gone for 2 weeks), I am planning on producing a more purposeful post. Meanwhile, I shall be tumbling up and down mountain cliff sides, being chased by leopards. Okay bye!