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Photo by Elsa
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Description:

I saw this relatively small butterfly (wings about 4 cm from tip to tip) on Kaledupa island in Indonesia. It was black with serrated wings that had white and red markings on the top and white markings on the underside.

Species ID Suggestions

Great Egg-fly

Hypolimnas bolina
J.Thomas Cheruvallil
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Comments (3)
Elsa
Awesome, thanks Daniele! I will trawl through - google images is a life-saver :)
DanielePralong
I'm not sure Elsa, but here is a list of butterflies from South Sulawesi... maybe one of the genus Papilio? Good luck! http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflies/neotropica/sulawesi/checklist.html
Elsa
Does anyone have a suggestion for an ID of this butterfly? Spotted in Indonesia.

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PublishedMay 29, 2011

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