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Banded Peacock Butterfly

Anartia fatima

Photo by Latimeria
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown body, with longitudinal bands of white and orange-red spots on its wings.

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

Notes:

I assumed that both of these butterflies were males, as they were chasing each other around, fighting over territory.

Reference Links:

Anartia fatima Fabricius 1793

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