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Junonia villida
The Meadow Argus has two brownish wings, each covered with two distinctive black and blue eyespots as well as white and orange marks that appear on the edge of the wings.The eyespots are a defense mechanism that are not only used to frighten predators away, but also to confuse the predators into thinking that the eyespots are the target, allowing the butterfly to escape with only a small part of the wing being lost.
Spotted on Jun 6, 2009
Submitted on Oct 21, 2012
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Good spot. By the time we see them they are very ragged.