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Urania leilus

Urania leilus

Photo by EmilieChich
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Field Notes

Notes:

I saw these beauties flying along the coast of French Guiana, from West to East, in large numbers. They seem to migrate all at the same time, but not every year and not always in the same months. I never met them in the interior.

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PublishedFebruary 8, 2012

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