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Cethosia biblis (Drury, 1773)
Cethosia biblis is medium-sized butterfly, with a wingspan reaching about 8–9 centimetres (3.1–3.5 in). In this species the sexes are dimorphic. In males the dorsal sides of the wings are bright orange-red, framed by a black outline with white spots. The undersides range from bright red to pale brown, interlaced by black and white. This astonishing pattern helps to disguise the shape of the butterfly, while the intense colour of the dorsal sides of the wings is a warning to predators that the Red Lacewing has a bad taste, deriving from the poisonous host plants of the caterpillars. The dorsal sides of the wings of the females are grayish-brownish with black spots and white bands and spots on the black margins.
Red lacewing Cethosia biblis (Drury, 1773) Nymphalidae
Spotted on Sep 12, 2012
Submitted on Sep 28, 2012
4 Comments
I think the first 2 images are perfect and the other 2 aren't necessary.
Beautiful butterfly. I understand that you wanted to get good shots and therefore someone was holding it but my own thought is that photos are nicer when they are not held. There is a website that explains about holding them without harming them: http://www.butterflyfunfacts.com/howtoho...
gorgeous !!!
Nice!