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Ypthima pandocus
2.3 cm wingspan, greyish brown on the upperside with a large sub-apical ocellus on the forewings. The undersurfaces are a pale buff brown, with fine dark striations. The hindwing has three yellow-ringed black ocelli.
Spotted during a day walk in Bandung, Indonesia, rainforest area in a bamboo leaf. The species is natural of South east Asia (Thailandia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan and Philipines).
Ypthima is a genus of butterflies in the Nymphalidae family. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Satyrinae Tribe: Satyrini Genus: Ypthima
Spotted on Nov 6, 2015
Submitted on Apr 1, 2017
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