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Photo by DeniseBrink
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Description:

Was hard to photograph as he kept on fluttering away. Grey in colour with beautiful blue reddish and black markings, must say I have never seen one like this before.

Habitat:

Garden

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Comments (2)

I believe this is called Gaudy Commodore - Precis octavia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precis_octavia
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PublishedJune 16, 2012

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