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Common Baron Butterfly

Euthalia aconthea

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Field Notes

Description:

On the old walking trail to the summit

Habitat:

Tropical montane rainforest.

Species ID Suggestions

Common Baron

Euthalia aconthea

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bayucca
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Comments (7)
bayucca
Yes,i think it is just a darker form of Euthalia aconthea.
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
It was very dark but it stopped in a shaft of sunlight, this combination probably upset the cameras auto settings, it often does. I'll see if my program can lighten them.
bayucca
I hate these Euthalia ;-)... Must/should be Euthalia aconthea, but quite a dark one. Please, verify!
bee.jacbs
I agree with bayucca. Though this butterfly looks very much like a moth the way to distinguish butterflies and moths are the antennae. Butterflies always have slight knobs on the antennae at the end. Moths won't have a single line, but have very feathery projections along the length of the antennae.
bayucca
Nymphalidae, butterfly ;-)...

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