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Common Bushbrown Butterfly

Mycalesis perseus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Mostly brown with a prominent white transverse band. Pretty border of small and large rings that look like eyes.

Habitat:

Sitting on the boundary wall of my house. There are trees and garden plants nearby.

Notes:

This is the wet season form.

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Mycalesis perseus

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PublishedSeptember 3, 2015

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