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Hoard of Blue Morpho/Owl Butterfiles feeding

Morpho helenor peleides

Photo by Mick G
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium to large butterflies with brown colored outer wings with many "moth like" "eye patterns," Inner wing color is deep blue.

Habitat:

Clinton conservatory in The Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens.

Notes:

These guys were feeding on over ripe bananas. I thought the shot was different.

Reference Links:

Owl butterfly

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mick G
KristenGilpin, thanks, I knew that. Did it by habit.

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PublishedApril 29, 2013

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