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Philippine Five-Ring

Ypthima stellera

Photo by arne.roysland
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Description:

The underside of the wings is pale grayish with brown lines. The forewings have a large, bi-pupilled, yellow-ringed subapical ocellus. The hind wing has 6 yellow ringed ocelluses. The pair of rings at the tornus of the hindwing is counted as one. It is a species of butterfly from the family of Nymphalidae.

Habitat:

Roadside on low vegetation.

Reference Links:

Philippine Five-Ring (Ypthima stellera) · iNaturalist

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