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Common Five Ring Butterfly

Ypthima stellera stellera

Photo by Joey99
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Field Notes

Description:

Is this a Common 5-ring Butterfly? I can not always tell because of the variation in the rings. Comments please.

Habitat:

In a garden

Species ID Suggestions

Common Five Ring

Ypthima stellera stellera

Reference Link
AgnesAdiqueTalavera
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Comments (4)
Joey99
Agnes, this one just corrected too. Joe
Joey99
Gatorfellows, thanks for the info. I will take a look at those articles. Joe
gatorfellows
Here is another reference that I use to sort through possible species and sub species; I have linked you to the Ypthima {genus} page http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=27676
gatorfellows
The Common Fivering Ypthima baldus has a dry season and wet season form, as well as several subspecies to sort them. Wiki has an explanation and list for you to narrow your search; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypthima_baldus
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2014

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