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Monkey Puzzle
Rathinda amor
19.1943, 72.9702
Field Notes
Description:
The butterfly has a weak flight, it stays low and does not fly for long without alighting. Its method of alighting is interesting - as soon as it lands, it turns around and waggles its tail filaments, it also sidesteps for a while - all this is apparently to confuse a predator as to which side is the head. This is a likely reason that the first naturalists may have named the species the Monkey Puzzle.
Habitat:
Seen at a small forest near a farm.
Notes:
Better quality pic at : https://www.flickr.com/photos/satyenmehta/14701832416/in/photostream/
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