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Scarlet Morman

Papilio rumanzovia

Description:

Black and scarlet wings

Habitat:

South American Rainforest

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2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

This is a nice butterfly and can still fly okay even with part of its wing missing.
Papilo rumanzivia is an Oceanic butterfly and I suspect that they come from The Philippines in the South Pacific Ocean but are now bred in butterfly houses around the world

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi Jennifer.. I have changed category of this spotting as Arthropods in your favor...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Spotted on Mar 14, 2012
Submitted on Mar 30, 2012

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