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Psychonotis butterfly

Psychonotis piepersii

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

small black and white butterfly

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

While photographing orchids on a fallen over tree, this butterfly landed on my wrist. Bogani Nani Wartabone national park.

Species ID Suggestions

Psychonotis piepersii

Psychonotis piepersii

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VivBraznell
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Comments (3)
VivBraznell
I could be way off with this ident suggestion Dan, but it looked similar to the Pierrot butterflies that I've seen here ... so followed my nose, as they say : )

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PublishedJune 15, 2014

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