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Common Mapwing

Cyrestis maenalis

Description:

Medium sized butterfly with attractive patterns of dark brown lines on both wings.

Habitat:

Urban garden

Notes:

There are several sub-species of this butterfly in the Philippines.

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8 Comments

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Thank you, venusflytrap2000!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

@ shekainah: I was actually looking at another butterfly when this mapwing butterfly showed up :-) Thanks.

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

Thank kuya Noel, wow you have a Mapwing I like the pattern of this butterfly. very intricate .

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks KarenL!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks Maria dB!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Lovely!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

beautiful colors and pattern

Noel Buensuceso
Spotted by
Noel Buensuceso

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 31, 2012
Submitted on Jul 31, 2012

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