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Great Eggfly

Hypolimnas bolina

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Field Notes

Description:

Hindwing appears damaged.

Habitat:

Changi Airport Butterfly Garden.

Species ID Suggestions

Great Eggfly

Hypolimnas bolina

Comments (3)

Certainly the forewing underside seems to match Great Eggfly. The hindwing looks from the photo to have been badly damaged - not surprising since when we visited the place was crowded and many butterflies had settled on the wooden walkways and been trodden on. There is a sad lack of information there regarding what they have, same on the web. All I found was "47 species" when it was opened, but no listing of what they might be. I used the butterflycircle website to identify but since many specimens were obtained from Malaysian sources it is possible that some sub-species names may be wrong, though those names were sourced from Malaysian experts. Bear in mind I knew virtually nothing about Asian butterflies before this trip, previously having concentrated only on birds. I have to thank Project Noah for the newly sparked interest in wildlife other than birds.
Possibly a worn-out great eggfly. I think the markings are wrong for Euploea.

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