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Bushbrown Butterfly

Mycalesis sp.

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown with black eyespots and a transverse white band below.

Habitat:

On a guava plant in my backyard. Urban residential area/

Notes:

I can never match the spots on its wings to the photos I see, so leaving it at genus level. Help to take it to species level is GREATLY welcome.

Reference Links:

Mycalesis - Wikipedia

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Biodiversity of West Bengal, India
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PublishedJuly 9, 2019

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