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Chocolate Albatross

Appias lyncida[

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Field Notes

Notes:

This beautiful butterfly came and perched on the ground near a dried stream inside Arippa forest near Madathara. After a while it reclined and lay motionless, often fluttering. I took it home.

Species ID Suggestions

Lesser Gull

Cepora nadina (Lucas, 1852)
Joseph CHIEF REDEARTH
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Chocolate Albatross - female

Appias lyncida

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NuwanChathuranga
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Comments (3)
NuwanChathuranga
+1 for lesser gull :) http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/68-Cepora/Cepora-nadina

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PublishedMarch 27, 2014

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