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Iotaphora iridicolor
Overall background is light green, with double shade orange wavy lines and orange brush smudges, with each side deep blue three curved short strokes and peripheral incomplete straight pen strokes. Wingspan: 55 mm.
Wall of a monastery surrounded by forests. Altitude about 3,100 m.
I spotted this very beautiful looking moth this morning at a popular Buddhist Chapel (Enchey Monastery), 3.00 km away from Gangtok. I was struck by the intricate patterns on its wings, almost like those on the walls of the monastery!
Thanks Sergio, Nuwan, Dixie, Antonio, Viv, Wild Things, dotun55, Adarsha and Bhagya. Thanks also to all PN Rangers for the votes.
Awesome capture DrNamgyalT.Sherpa,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thanks Viv, Leuba, Martin, Sukanya, Marta, Jae, Leana and Daniele for you good words. Thanks a lot!
I'm at the 7th heaven, especially when the good news comes from nothing less than the PN creator himself. With each pat on the back my efforts to document nature will ever remain greater. Thanks Yasser.
Congratulations Dr. Namgyal on this beautiful moth spotting and SOTD!
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa, what a spectacular and extroverted moth you have found. Some images make the selection process for Yasser a very easy task. congratulations.
Just amazing. Well deserved SOTD - Congratulations and thanks for sharing this beauty Dr Sherpa.
Congratulations Dr Namgyal on the SOTD. What a beauty! I would be inspired to paint these designs & colours ... Nature at its best!
Congrats Dr.! This beauty of a moth has been chosen as Spotting of the Day! Thanks for sharing so many wonderful photos with us and we hope you enjoy this well deserved honor. Congrats again!
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Yes Mark, at first I thought it was a small painting on the wall, especially in a monastery!
Spotted on Nov 2, 2014
Submitted on Nov 2, 2014
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