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Great Eggfly (Male)

Hypolimnas bolina

Photo by Atul
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Field Notes

Description:

The upper side of the wings are jet black, offset with three pairs of white spots &two on the forewing and one on the hind. These white spots are surrounded by purple iridescence. In addition, the upper side of the hind wing bears a series of small white dots.

Habitat:

a fairly common butterfly found in lightly wooded country, deciduous forests, thick and moist scrub and the greener parts of human habitation.

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Comments (6)

Wow, the colors are so goregous
lol ! so true Lindsey!!
What an ugly name for such a beautiful butterfly.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2012

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