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Cyrestis thyodamas
Cyrestis thyodamas is a species of nymphalid butterfly (the largest family of butterflies with about 6,000 species) found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. According to the information I found, the ones found in Taiwan are a subspecies.
Habitat: Subtropical mountainous area, hot & humid, thick trees and brush, close to running water.
Spotted on Oct 10, 2015
Submitted on Oct 13, 2015
13 Comments
I think you just nailed it Leuba! I've been trying to think what this reminds me of since I saw it. Melting metal! TOTALLY.
The more I look at it, it seems like melting metal !
Thanks António!
Great spotting Wesley,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thank you to all for your kind words. :)
Must be a refreshing sight in that heat and humidity. Lovely spotting - Congratulations !.
Congratulations on your SOTD Wesley! Very well-deserved :) You're right...some of the most uncommon looking critters have the word common in their name! Wonder if whoever initially used it had run out of words ha ha
Congrats Wesley, this beautiful butterfly has been chosen as Spotting of the Day!
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Beautiful spotting!
Excellent find Weley!!!
Wonderful spotting.
Thank you for the compliment. It was even more stunning in real life. I was surprised to find out its name has the word common in it, because I'd never seen on before and it sure didn't look common :P
Incredible looking butterfly! Absolutely beautiful pics. Thank you for sharing :)