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Hypolimnas bolina

Photo by Lavi
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Description:

Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, common eggfly or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly[1] is a species of nymphalid butterfly.
H. bolina is a black-bodied butterfly with a wingspan of about 70–85 millimetres (2.8–3.3 in). The species has a high degree of sexual dimorphism. The female is mimetic with multiple morphs.

Habitat:

H. bolina is found in Madagascar in the west, through to South and Southeast Asia, the South Pacific islands (French Polynesia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa and Vanuatu), and occurs in parts of Australia, Japan, and New Zealand.

Notes:

Picture taken at London, Natural History museum Exhibition

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/sensational-butterflies.html

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PublishedJune 30, 2017

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