Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park

With Atiqah at the entrance of the Butterfly Park in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian butterflies exhibited in the exhibition hall in the park.

Najidah and Atiqah gloating over a butterfly which chose Najidah's hand to perch on.

With Najidah and Atiqah in the tranquil Butterfly Park, KL.

It was a TV program from Astro channel (I forgot which one) that prompted my decision to go and see for myself our own butterfly park. I have heard of it but had no motivation to go. I don't like driving in KL especially going through the notorious traffic jams. However, the TV program looked so interesting which says KL Butterfly Park has one of the largest collection of different varieties of butterfly. So, I must see it and so must you!

On Saturday 21 February 2009, Najidah came to pick me up at my house in PJ. Later, Atiqah joined us at the park. KL Butterfly Park is quite amazing actually. I was surprised to see such a cool place right in the middle of concrete jungle of KL. Entrance fee is RM 8.00 and don't forget to buy fish food as you will see obese Japanese carps and huge ikan haruan there.

I managed to write only 25 different butterflies with different colours. I ran out words to describe the colours. Since we came at opening time, there were quite a lot of them flying around but in the afternoon, as it was hot, you don't see that many - maybe they were having a siesta! The Rajah Brooke variety and the Swallowtails (Black and yellow) are quite easy to see.

The Rajah Brooke - Malaysia's pride.

The Swallowtail, big, black and yellow.

















Te Swallowtail.

The park is so cozy with plenty of green plants and flowering shrubs which become heaven to the butterflies. On top of that, the management feeds them with red hibiscus flowers sprayed with honey, cut bananas and pineapples. I enjoyed watching them feeding - different colour butterflies feeding on different favourite food. Staying in the park is so relaxing and the hot weather doesn't seem to exist. Most visitors, I noticed, were foreigners.

Hibiscus, sprayed with honey.












A brown variety butterfly, feeding on cut banana.















Watching at close range one specie of butterfly sucking the juice from a pineapple.

It was sheer enjpyment to see so many fat Japanese carps. I have never seen such huge ikan haruan and the biggest one has 7 misai. Feed them and they will surface with their head and mouth up to feed but their bodies so long and lie low in the pond. The turtles ( I don't know what species) with different back pattern are also an attraction.

The colourful Japanese carps and the turtles in the park.

Pretty dragonflies found at the park.

The park is in the same vacinity as the Bird Park, Orchid and Hibiscus Garden in Tasik Perdana/Lake Garden. Do visit and you will have an interesting and unforgetable day.

All photographs above were taken by Najidah.