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Stibochiona nicea

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Description:

Flies low and settles with flat wings. Settles on the underside of leaves when alarmed. Male velvety bluish black on Upperside while female greenish blue on the upperside.

Notes:

Ist Picture is male, 2nd is female and the 3rd the larva

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16 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Wow indeed fantastic!

Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Fantastic!

Jason Alexander 10 years ago

WOW!!

KarenL 11 years ago

Gorgeous!

rutasandinas 11 years ago

Bello color::

NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

gorgeous !!

Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Beautiful series. Very Educational.

LuvjoyChoker 11 years ago

Thanks All!

alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Interesting how he hides when alarmed! Beautiful speciman.

Bruce Weiskotten 11 years ago

Beautiful!

Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah Luvjoy4... Superb butterfly!! Good spotting.

Atul 11 years ago

beautiful well documented series !
welcome to the community!

Uday 11 years ago

great series!

LuvjoyChoker 11 years ago

thanks Jeanette.

Jeannette 11 years ago

And welcome to Project Noah :)

Jeannette 11 years ago

Very very beautiful :)

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Spotted by
LuvjoyChoker

Arunachal Pradesh, India

Spotted on Aug 7, 2012
Submitted on Aug 12, 2012

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