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Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Black with blue band V shaped and blue fringe on hind wings.

Habitat:

Edinburg Butterfly Centre.

Notes:

Could not ID it from the leaflet provided.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
Grabs
Cool....... thanks Daniele :)
DanielePralong
Hi Grab! It's captive at a butterfly house so it can be from anywhere :-)
Grabs
Blue banded butterfly is it popssible for the butterfly to make it to england?? it says, its only native in south africa..... https://www.chicagobotanic.org/butterflies/blue_banded_swallowtail
DanielePralong
Graham, this butterfly was spotted at a butterfly house. White Admiral can refer to 3 species: Limenitis arthemis, Limenitis camilla and Limenitis trivena, but none of these seem to match.
Graham Monroe
It looks a little like a white admiral but I do not think they are in Scotland.

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PublishedSeptember 12, 2017

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