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Clipper (blue)

Parthenos sylvia lilacinus

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Field Notes

Description:

The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia) is a species of nymphalid butterfly. It is a fast flying butterfly and has a habit of flying with its wings flapping stiffly between the horizontal position and a few degrees below the horizontal. It may glide between spurts of flapping.

Male and female. Upperside : ground-colour a bright purple. Underside pale greenish grey. Fore wing: the spots and markings except the basal black streaks as on the upperside, the groundcolour fading to an ashy grey towards the terminal margin.

Habitat:

Found in South and South-East Asia, mostly in forested areas.
Particularly present in Philippines, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaisia, and New Guinea.

Notes:

Observed in the butterfly garden of Singapore's airport.
Not sure my ID is right

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Parthenos sylvia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
bayucca
Most of the Clippers in butterfly houses are the same: Blue Clipper is Parthenos sylvia lilacinus Brown Clipper is Parthenos sylvia philippiniensis. In nature there are some other subspecies.

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PublishedJuly 4, 2013

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