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Tawny Coster

Acraea terpsicore

Photo by takmeng.wong
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Orange wings with black dots and black and white edges; white dots on black thorax.

Habitat:

Grass verge of a car park

Notes:

More details and professional photographs at:
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist%20V2/CI/index.php/start-page/s…

Story of Tawny Coster's migration from India or Sri Lanka to Singapore ("Voyage of the Tawny Coster"):
http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/03/voyage-of-tawny-coster.html

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Acraea terpsicore

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Comments (1)
JohnMatzick
Great photo. Love the shallow depth of field.

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