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Mosaic Butterfly

Colobura dirce

Photo by GayHybertsen
Published on Project Noah
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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.

Reference Links:

Butterflies of Amazonia - Colobura dirce

Species ID Suggestions

Mosaic Butterfly

Colobura dirce

Reference Link
Rubens Araujo
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Comments (5)
Ava T-B
Eric, I've edited this spotting and added the ID information Rubens Araujo left for you. This is a very neat butterfly.
KarenL
Interesting butterfly!
Rubens Araujo
GayHybertsen I found one Mosaic too... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7289918
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PublishedNovember 9, 2011

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