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Tanaecia cocytus

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

about 3"

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this along a road through Cat Tien National Park. It was the only photo I could get of this butterfly.

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Tanaecia cocytus

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Cynitia cocytus

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Comments (3)
Dan Doucette
Thanks bayucca, I think it is a match but it looks like it has been switched to a different genus -Tanaecia.
bayucca
I am not 100% sure about this one. You have to verify and check the subspecies: http://homepage2.nifty.com/se-asianbutterfly/cocytussv.html

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