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Grass Yellow Butterfly Moth

Tetragonus calamitus Geyer, 1832

Description:

Wingspan: about 50 mm.

Habitat:

Grassy wet land, lots of small streams around it. Warm area. Altitude: about 1.000 m.

Notes:

Spotted hiding underneath a large leaf of a tree. It was drizzling most of the time.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Butterfly moth
Tetragonus catamitus Tetragonus catamitus


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3 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Marta and venusflytrap2000 for making it favourite.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Daniele and Noah N for making it favourite.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Nuwan for the ID and the ref. So it's a moth! It's flying around middle of the day like a butterfly!

DrNamgyalTSherpa
Spotted by
DrNamgyalTSherpa

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Spotted on Aug 24, 2014
Submitted on Aug 27, 2014

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