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Common or Infuriating Pathfinder

Catuna crithea

Description:

Infuriating butterfly to photograph. Flew low to the ground, stopped only for a second before flying off again, just a meter or 2 at a time. Always going from here to there in the same area. Hahah, Adrian Hoskins in Butterflies of Africa calls this butterfly, INFURIATING Pathfinder!! http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Afr...

Habitat:

Afrotropical ecozone. This butterfly was seen in low grass and small leafy plants in a wider part of the path, deep in tropical forest in central Uganda..

Notes:

Photo 3 shows the habitat. This is a rainforest species, and tends to be most abundant along paths and tracks where dappled sunlight filters through the tree foliage to reach the forest floor.

13 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

thank you Daniele... I waited there a long time and had to throw a lot of tries away! Don't think my guide understood my need to get a photo...!

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

:-)))

dominique.eghlidi
dominique.eghlidi 9 years ago

Great capture!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

I love the link Pam! Well done with securing pictures :-)

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

hahaha bayucca... check out this link!!
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Afr...

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

But I exactly know what you mean...

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Sorry, Pam, but I can't imagine you being infuriated ;-)

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

thank you Christy Chow

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Hahaha, sounds very familiar Gilma...

That is so funny Pam...I can relate to that... the worse part is that I have to re-focus and by then they moved... and when and if I get a Picture I go look at them and the only picture I got..... was completely blurrrrrr : (

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

And how long can one wait with the camera focused!?

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Haha! I know the feeling Pam :-)

Christy Chow
Christy Chow 9 years ago

Gorgeous pattern!

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Uganda

Spotted on Jul 19, 2014
Submitted on Jul 25, 2014

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