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Cleopatra butterfly

Gonepteryx cleopatra cleopatra

Notes:

I was wearing a pinkish top similar to the colour in the last spotting, while taking these photos and these butterflies kept flying up to me, checking out the colour. They seem to like flowers of this colour...

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Cleopatra butterfly
Gonepteryx cleopatra cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra


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5 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

thanks Hanno...

Hanno Shalaby
Hanno Shalaby 11 years ago

wonderful & fantastic color .. love it
congrats pamsai !

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

The Brimstone of the Mediteranean.

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

jgorneau, yes, the same butterfly taken at a different spot on a different day. I included it to show what flowers they were feeding on...

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Is this the same as your spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117... ?

pamsai
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pamsai

Miravet, Catalunya, Spain

Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 18, 2012

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