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Butterfly

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Butterflies are part of the class of Insects in the order Lepidoptera. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). Butterfly fossils date to the mid Eocene epoch, 40–50 million years ago (Wikipedia).

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Alan Cajes
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Alan Cajes

Bohol, Philippines

Spotted on Dec 31, 2014
Submitted on Feb 25, 2015

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