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Butterfly Moth

Callidula attenuata

Photo by Sinobug
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Description:

Callidulidae, Lepidoptera.
For those of you who have issues differentiating butterflies from moths and vice versa, this individual will NOT help you at all….
This is a Butterfly Moth. It rests with it’s wings in a butterfly-like upright position and flies during the day. It even has butterfly-ish eyes. There are only eight known genera of this family of moths and they are restricted to tropical South-East Asia, Australasia and Madagascar.

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Sinobug
@bayucca This spotting might be interesting for your next Lepidoptera blog post.... http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/45421181418/lepidoptera-all-about-butterflies-and-moths

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