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Yellow Sailor Butterfly

Neptis ananta

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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27.33, 88.62

Field Notes

Description:

Yellow and black, broad stripes.

Habitat:

On Tagetes marigold. Garden of resort at Borong, Sikkim.

Notes:

Wikipedia:The genus Neptis established by Hübner in 1819 is invalid; see Vila (butterfly).,,,and then, Vila says..... Vila is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in northern South America.

Reference Links:

Neptis, http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/2770/Neptis-ananta

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