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Smooth-eyed bushbrown

Orsotriaena medus

Description:

Orsotriaena is a genus of butterflies found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. It contains only one species, Orsotriaena medus. In India, the butterfly has historically been called the "nigger", but it has been renamed in Australian faunal works to the socially acceptable name of smooth-eyed bushbrown.



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Sri Lanka

Lat: 6.91, Long: 80.03

Spotted on Apr 29, 2012
Submitted on Apr 30, 2012

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