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Brown large moth/butterfly with a swallowtail and a white stripe across the back.
Found dead on dry creek in a tropical jungle.
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No idea, but try to fix the lower wings with some tiny needles, possibly on Styropor/polystyrene and the put the upper wings apart. I think with an already dead moth there would be no problems with a not really scientific way of pinning. You never should kill a butterfly or moth and afterwards doing a dilettantic pinning, which you often can see on facebook. Yours was already dead, so go on and try... ;-)
How do I open the wings of an already dead moth, without breaking the moth?
Your island is tricky for an ID. Better we go with Lyssa sp. We really would need an open wing shot to see some details and even then it is not always ideal for a safe ID.
Umm.. the only slight difference between mine and the one on the Daintree Forest Photo is that my white stripes seem to curve more. The Daintree Forest Photo is more a straight line. However, this could be because I cannot open the dead butterfly's wings. I am loathe to do this as it might mean breaking the wings.
Thank you very much. I must improve my photography skills. My butterfly group have found this photo of a Lyssa Macleayi or Night Citrus Swallowtail Moth. http://www.daintreerainforest.net.au/fau... Between theirs and yours there is only a minuscule difference. There seem to be stripes near the hanging swallow tails.. on the Night Citrus Swallowtail. I cannot see these on the photo in Wikipedia for Lyssa Zampa. The Daintree forest is only 2000km away from us in Australia so.. I think I will go with the Night Citrus Swallowtail. Once again thank you.
Uraniidae, Uraniinae, Lyssa sp. and most probably Lyssa zampa. But I cannot see the important details, that's why I put a "cf." in the scientific name.
Spotted on Aug 9, 2015
Submitted on Aug 9, 2015
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