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Hopper - family Ricaniidae

Photo by Tom Maebe
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Description:

Less common butterfly, spotted along a jungletrack. Pretty new for me. About 2cm wingspan, pretty small. Any idea anyone?

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Comments (3)
Tom Maebe
Thanks...Learned something again today. Seems indeed it belongs to raciniidae.
Juan DiTrani
Hi, this is not a butterfly, is an Homopteran
Dan Doucette
Tom, I don't think it's a butterfly. It looks a lot like this spotting. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7066947
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PublishedAugust 22, 2011

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