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Golden Sapphire Butterfly

Heliophorus brahma

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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27.33, 88.62

Field Notes

Description:

Tiny butterflies , wings yellow with delicate red border. When open, dark and gold patches.

Habitat:

Resort at Borong, Sikkim, Hilly, remote lots of wild vegetation.

Notes:

I braved leeches in the grass to get this.

Reference Links:

Heliophorus brahma, http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/789/Heliophorus-brahma

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Comments (2)
Liana
Ha ha it was definitely well worth the effort Sukanya! Beautiful butterflies! Thank you for sharing :)

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PublishedNovember 1, 2015

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