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Common Five Ring Butterfly

Ypthima stellera stellera

Description:

Is this a Common 5-ring Butterfly? I can not always tell because of the variation in the rings. Comments please.

Habitat:

In a garden

1 Species ID Suggestions

Common Five Ring
Ypthima stellera stellera Philippine Butterflies


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4 Comments

Joey99
Joey99 10 years ago

Agnes, this one just corrected too. Joe

Joey99
Joey99 10 years ago

Gatorfellows, thanks for the info. I will take a look at those articles. Joe

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Here is another reference that I use to sort through possible species and sub species; I have linked you to the Ypthima {genus} page http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

The Common Fivering Ypthima baldus has a dry season and wet season form, as well as several subspecies to sort them. Wiki has an explanation and list for you to narrow your search; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypthima_bal...

Joey99
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Joey99

Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines

Spotted on Feb 25, 2014
Submitted on Feb 25, 2014

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