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Rice Paper Butterfly

Idea leuconoe

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

looks like jewelery

Habitat:

coastal forest

Species ID Suggestions

Rice Paper Butterfly

Idea leuconoe

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Jolly Ibañez
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Common Crow

Euploea core

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CindyBinghamKeiser
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Comments (5)
kdpicturemaker
Lovely! One of the most beautiful stages in the life cycle of a butterfly.
Jolly Ibañez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_paper_butterfly
Dan Doucette
It does look a bit like the cocoon of the common crow but it seems to be out of it's native range.
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PublishedApril 11, 2011

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