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Rajah Brooke Butterfly
Trogonoptera brookiana
4.03827, 114.92
Field Notes
Description:
It has distinctive black and electric-green markings, which are more prominent in the males, they have a red head and another strip of red afterward, which is called a collar. This gives them an appearance of big red lips!
Habitat:
Spotted this guy in a low scrubby bush in Mulu National Park in Malaysia. There was actually trips to see hundreds of these butter flys at local caves. I only found out about these trips on my return.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 7, 2011
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