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Two headed butterfly

Panthidiades bathildis

Photo by Juan DiTrani
Published on Project Noah
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Zebra Cross-streak

Panthidiades bathildis
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Comments (9)
bayucca
Lycaenidae, Zebra Cross-streak, Panthidiades bathildis.
HeatherMiller
Yes it is. I can't tell you how many times I look at a thumbnail and think it's the eye of some big critter to realize later it's a moth or whatever.
The MnMs
I also thought it was two..then I looked better and is only one..nice mimetic effect!
AnnaWhipkey
I assume this coloration is to confuse predators?
Ashish
Its self mimicking like a moth in one of my spottings. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6524695
HeatherMiller
Is that really a single butterfly? Not two mating? Wow. Great shots.

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PublishedJune 24, 2011

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