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golden emperor

Loepa sikkima

Habitat:

tropical

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11 Comments

aricoent
aricoent 11 years ago

o.k
ILL put it in your mission soon.
thank u so much @trav

travellingchez
travellingchez 11 years ago

Wow what a great capture.
I've created a mission so we can document the wide variety of insects in Indonesia. It's here if you are interested.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1773...

tsahanidbear
tsahanidbear 11 years ago

iv seen a couple of those before their so pretty!!! and big, but they look really creepy because they look like they have eyes!! 0_0

Braulio Rivas Tapia
Braulio Rivas Tapia 11 years ago

Wow! Is that flying?
In that case, U should put it on the mission: Global Flight!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

sikkima :-)

aricoent
aricoent 11 years ago

both of them look similar,and both of them live in my place,i think. so which is the right answer megacore,or sikkima...

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

i also go with sikkima..
Loepa megacore is also found in the mapped area.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17487183@N0...

aricoent
aricoent 11 years ago

first encounters with this species.

UrifahRidlo
UrifahRidlo 11 years ago

awesome moth!

So beautiful!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Need to be verified. There might be other Loepa sp. in your area:
http://ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Saturnida...
Nuwan should confirm or correct...

aricoent
Spotted by
aricoent

Jawa Tengah, Indonesia

Spotted on Dec 12, 2012
Submitted on Dec 13, 2012

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