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Cyrestis thyodamas

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Description:

Cyrestis thyodamas is a species of nymphalid butterfly (the largest family of butterflies with about 6,000 species) found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. According to the information I found, the ones found in Taiwan are a subspecies.

Habitat:

Habitat: Subtropical mountainous area, hot & humid, thick trees and brush, close to running water.

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Cyrestis thyodamas

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Comments (13)
Wesley Oosthuizen
I think you just nailed it Leuba! I've been trying to think what this reminds me of since I saw it. Melting metal! TOTALLY.
Leuba Ridgway
The more I look at it, it seems like melting metal !
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great spotting Wesley,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Leuba Ridgway
Must be a refreshing sight in that heat and humidity. Lovely spotting - Congratulations !.
Liana
Congratulations on your SOTD Wesley! Very well-deserved :) You're right...some of the most uncommon looking critters have the word common in their name! Wonder if whoever initially used it had run out of words ha ha
AshleyT
Congrats Wesley, this beautiful butterfly has been chosen as Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156157709400603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/654495721723400192
Wesley Oosthuizen
Thank you for the compliment. It was even more stunning in real life. I was surprised to find out its name has the word common in it, because I'd never seen on before and it sure didn't look common :P
Liana
Incredible looking butterfly! Absolutely beautiful pics. Thank you for sharing :)

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PublishedOctober 13, 2015

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