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Brown clipper

Parthenos sylvia philippensis

Description:

Victoria butterfly garden

2 Species ID Suggestions

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago
Clipper
Parthenos sylvia Parthenos sylvia
ylaine
ylaine 11 years ago
Brown clipper
Parthenos sylvia philippensis


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2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

The white patches on the forewings are thought to resemble the white ballooning sails of a clipper ship.

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Hi! maybe you can go back to the butterfly garden and ask them for the ID of the butterflies you photographed. It will be faster to have all your spotting identified.

ylaine
Spotted by
ylaine

Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on May 29, 2012
Submitted on Jun 8, 2012

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