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Cacodaemon Bush Brown

Mycalesis cacodaemon

Photo by JeffCrocombe
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Rainforest on the edge of a creek, Varirata NP, PNG.

Notes:

The word cacodemon comes through Latin from the Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaimōn) meaning "bad demon" or "evil spirit".

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