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Common Palmfly (female)

Elymnias hypermnestra

Description:

As some other species in the genus Elymnias, the Common Palmfly presents a precostal cell on the hindwings and a hair tuft of androconial scales on dorsal discal cell of hindwings. This butterfly species is dimorphic, males and females do not look alike. Males exhibit black colored upperside forewings with small blue patches and reddish brown color on upperside hindwings, while the females mimic butterfly species of the genus Danaus.



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Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Lat: 7.30, Long: 80.09

Spotted on Jul 31, 2012
Submitted on Jul 31, 2012

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