Appeal to Singapore’s Land Transport Authority to re-route the proposed cross-island MRT line away from the MacRitchie forest – sign the petition HERE.
There are more than 300 species of butterflies in Singapore. Of these, more
Appeal to Singapore’s Land Transport Authority to re-route the proposed cross-island MRT line away from the MacRitchie forest – sign the petition HERE.
There are more than 300 species of butterflies in Singapore. Of these, more than 60% are found in forests, many of which are forest-dependent and seldom, if at all, seen in urban areas and gardens. Thus should forest plants disappear as a result of forest destruction and fragmentation, these forest butterflies, whose caterpillars are dependent on forest plants, would similarly disappear.
In the forest, many butterflies stay close to the forest floor, their cryptic colouration on the underside of their wings that resemble dead leaves, keep them safe from predators. They become alive when the sun’s rays filter down into 