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Hypolimnas bolina

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

A medium-sized butterfly resting on a wire fence. Black with white spots and marks. This common species may be either the jacintha or bolina subspecies.

Habitat:

Around the forest of Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah.

Notes:

>>>Map accuracy: 100m diameter. Spotted this with DanDoucette at the during a walk near the park waterfall. Dan's spotting of it http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/228696027

Reference Links:

Great Egg-fly - Hypolimnas bolina - Overview, Hypolimnas bolina, http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/160-Hypolimnas/Hypolimnas-bolina

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