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Field Notes

Description:

Butterfly

Species ID Suggestions

Bamboo Tree Brown

Lethe europa

Comments (3)

Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Lethe europa. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29954808@N00/7266083488 http://www.flickr.com/photos/49296659@N00/522938136 http://www.pbasehk.com/slideshow/butterfly/Lethe_europa http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/letheeuropa/Interesting http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/lethe-europa-pavida-female.jpg Easy spoken: To separate moths from butterflies you have to look at the antennae: Moths usually have straight or featherlike antennae, whereas butterflies have clubbed antennae, meaning the tips of the antennae are slightly thickened and rounded.
Ok. How do you tell? I have always wondered.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2012

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