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Curetis thetis
This butterfly was white when its wings were closed but showed a pattern of white edged with a broad blackish border when the wings were open.
Water from the lawn's pipe had mixed with water spilling from a nearby toilet and this butterfly was hovering between the herbaceous border and the spilled water (nitrogen rich, maybe)
The male looks totally different and is a bright orange.
Jellis...THANK YOU for the ID!! How extraordinarily different is the male in colour...orange compared the females'silvery white, blue and black. Had I not seen the photos on Wikipedia I'd have thought these were two different species. Thanks again.
Spotted on Dec 17, 2014
Submitted on Jan 6, 2015
