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Mosaic Butterfly

Colobura dirce

Photo by GayHybertsen
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Field Notes

Description:

Butterfly with false head camouflage.

Habitat:

Pacific coast jungle forest.

Notes:

Notice the real head on the bottom.

Species ID Suggestions

Mosaic Butterfly

Colobura dirce

Comments (5)

Eric, I've edited this spotting and added the ID information Rubens Araujo left for you. This is a very neat butterfly.
Interesting butterfly!
GayHybertsen I found one Mosaic too... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7289918
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PublishedNovember 9, 2011

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