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orange bush-brown butterfly

Mycalesis terminus

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

Mycalesis terminus is found in The Moluccas and Papua (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands, and in the Cape York peninsula of Australia.

Habitat:

Spotted on yellow walking iris (Neomarica longifolia) in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed remnant patch of forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Notes:

Taken with flash in afternoon light.

Reference Links:

Mycalesis terminus, Papua Insects Foundation (Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae)

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