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Phaegorista similis

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Field Notes

Description:

This brightly coloured butterfly had a striking black body with thin white stripes.

Habitat:

Seen imbibing minerals from monkey Poo with several other forest species, on a small path, quite deep in tropical forest.

Last photo shows the habitat.

Reference Links:

Phaegorista similis African Moths

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Phaegorista similis

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (6)
IrinaSh
colorist butterfly! Thank you!
pamsai
thanks Gylma. Yes. it was amazing to see. And they were all a bit stoned! I pushed them with a stick to get better photos of some of them, and they just moved where they were pushed - or didn't - but didn't fly away.
pamsai
thanks Jacob for the ID. Should have thought about it maybe being a moth, because I was always uneasy with it as a butterfly. It just somehow didn't seem right!
BonnieLewis
What beautiful images of amazing butterflies. Lucky you!
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Pam, what a gorgeous Butterfly, and those pictures are amazing, it looks like there are at least 5 different kinds of Butterflies in one spot....lucky you!!

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PublishedAugust 23, 2014

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