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Two headed butterfly

Panthidiades bathildis

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Zebra Cross-streak
Panthidiades bathildis


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9 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Lycaenidae, Zebra Cross-streak, Panthidiades bathildis.

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Yes it is. I can't tell you how many times I look at a thumbnail and think it's the eye of some big critter to realize later it's a moth or whatever.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Isn't nature wondrous?!

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

I also thought it was two..then I looked better and is only one..nice mimetic effect!

LeslieF
LeslieF 12 years ago

That is amazing!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

Yep, exactly!

AnnaWhipkey
AnnaWhipkey 12 years ago

I assume this coloration is to confuse predators?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Its self mimicking like a moth in one of my spottings.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/652...

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Is that really a single butterfly? Not two mating? Wow. Great shots.

Juan DiTrani
Spotted by
Juan DiTrani

Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Apr 24, 2008
Submitted on Jun 24, 2011

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