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Pellonia Blue Gem

Poritia erycinoides pellonia

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Description:

Moth with bright blue wings.

Habitat:

Tropical forest

Notes:

New Organism to Project Noah

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Pellonia Blue Gem
Poritia erycinoides pellonia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Poritia_erycinoides_pelloniaMUpUnAC1.jpg


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3 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thanks, @bayucca for the ID :)

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bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Lycaenidae, Poritiinae, Portitiini, Poritia sp. and Poritia erycinoides and most probably the subspecies Poritia erycinoides pellonia, which is found in Borneo. You see the picture added in the link is quite a nice match...
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Porit...

Tristan Pragnell
Tristan Pragnell 8 years ago

I like this one !

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AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Oct 19, 2015
Submitted on Oct 24, 2015

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