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Indian Fritillary, female

Argynnis hyperbius

Photo by HarumKoh
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Field Notes

Description:

male is very common. japanese name means Black tipped leopard.
shoulder to the wing-tip: 38-45mm.
ドクチョウ亜科 Heliconiinae.
ヒョウモンチョウ族 Argynnini.
japanese name: ツマグロヒョウモン.

Habitat:

food plant: violets.
I usually find them on top of a mountain.

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Argynnis hyperbius

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Comments (6)
pamsai
gorgeous butterfly, gorgeous photo!
The MnMs
Poor little thing..I hope she could live her entire cycle, in spite of the weather
HarumKoh
thank you CindyBinghamKeiser! in fact I feel sad when I see this photo. it was a November butterfly, windy day, wind blow the butterfly and the butterfly turned and opened wings to sun and next wind and turned and opened ... seemed to get warm.

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Biodiversity of Central Japan

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PublishedAugust 13, 2013

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