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Description:

Butterfly At Reiman Gardens in Ames, Ia

Species ID Suggestions

The Clipper

Parthenos sylvia

Comments (4)

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This is the lilacinus sub-species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenos_sylvia#/media/File:Goldenerhelikoncele4.jpg Looks like a good match.
This looks like a South East Asian species Parthenos sylvia, known as The Clipper. Was it in the Butterfly house? There is a lot of colour variation amongst the 32 sub-species but this looks similar to those in Malaysia.
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PublishedJune 3, 2016

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