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Cruiser (Male)

Vindula arsinoe

Description:

A mostly orange butterfly with pale black markings. The Cruiser (Vindula arsinoe) is a day butterfly from the family Nymphalidae.

Habitat:

Butterfly house in the Melbourne zoo

Notes:

This could be a ommon Leopard, Phalanta phalantha, although the balack markings are not so prominent. Maybe a female? Or one of the other Phalanta species?

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Cruiser - Male
Vindula arsinoe Vindula arsinoe


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1 Comment

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Thanks Nuwan... Got that one a bit wrong, didn't I !?

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 10, 2014
Submitted on Oct 25, 2014

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