Butterfly Photography.

The best time to click butterflies is in the early morning just before and after sunrise.  They are not very active then and are found sitting on leaves or tree trunks.  Another time when they are not very active is when they are mud puddling.   This is the time they take in minerals from wet mud and discard the excess moisture.

This is a photo of the blue oak leaf butterfly shot at Ovalekar Wadi butterfly farm at Thane, Mumbai.   Note that it always sits facing the ground, unlike other butterflies.  It's wings form a shape of a dried leaf which appears to be attached to the plant at it's upper end.  This is how it looks after the wings are opened :

In butterfly photography it is important to get the plane of your camera sensor to be parallel to the wings of the butterfly as can be seen in the photo below :

This is a photo of the Commander butterfly shot at Tungareshwar, Vasai, Mumbai.