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Tagiades parra parra
Endemic to the Philippines, the T. parra parra is a species of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the genus Tagiades. It is dark brown in color with six light spots on its fore wings, the three smaller than the rest. It is often found at rest underside broad leaf plants.
Urban garden.
The species name is from Latin parra, a supernatural bird (usually an owl or a crow) bringing ill omen. - Wikipedia
Spotted on Dec 19, 2012
Submitted on Dec 19, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks brentlavarias! Appreciate it if you join the mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1698... and welcome to Project Noah! :)
Nice!
You're right brentlavarias, it looks and behaves like a moth ;-)
Looks more like a moth than a butterfly.