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common eggfly

Hypolimnas bolina nerina

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Description:

This is an overhead view of a common eggfly. Just a minute before the butterfly flew from an eye-level perch to this position.

Habitat:

Spotted on the underside of a jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) in a large semi-urban yard and garden near a disturbed patch of remnant equatorial lowland forest.

Reference Links:

Great Egg-fly - Hypolimnas bolina - Overview, Hypolimnas bolina, Common Eggfly Butterfly, Varied Eggfly - Hypolimnas bolina

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Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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PublishedMarch 5, 2013

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