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Polyura athamas
Male and female. Upperside black. Fore and hind wings with a discal broad transverse area from below vein 4 in fore wing to vein 2 on hind wing, a moderately large spot in interspace 5, a minute preapical dot beyond in interspace 6 on fore wing, and a subterrninal row of spots with two or three spots beyond them on the tornal angle of the hind wing, pale yellow, sometimes with an ochraceous, sometimes with a greenish tinge.
tropical rainforest
I spotted this at Cat Tien National Park. It was feeding on a civet droppings I think. It let me approach very closely.
Spotted on Feb 9, 2012
Submitted on Apr 6, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks Laura! I would have never thought I could get that close either but this butterfly was so preoccupied feeding on some civet droppings that it didn't move as I kept creeping closer and closer.
So very beautiful!!! And what a good model, I doubt I could ever get that close to a butterfly. Awesome spotting!
Thanks!
:-))))!