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Great Eggfly, Common Eggfly (Male)

Hypolimnas bolina philippensis

Photo by Eric Noora
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

H. bolina is a black-bodied butterfly with a wingspan of about 70–85 millimetres (2.8–3.3 in).
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.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypolimnas_bolina

Notes:

Spotted at Mounts Iglit-Baco National Park.

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Comments (4)

Thanks Sachin. It was indeed a beautiful specimen :-)

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