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Golden Sapphire Butterfly

Heliophorus brahma

Description:

Tiny butterflies , wings yellow with delicate red border. When open, dark and gold patches.

Habitat:

Resort at Borong, Sikkim, Hilly, remote lots of wild vegetation.

Notes:

I braved leeches in the grass to get this.

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2 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 8 years ago

Thanks. armadeus. Glad you liked it.

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

Ha ha it was definitely well worth the effort Sukanya! Beautiful butterflies! Thank you for sharing :)

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Spotted on Oct 24, 2015
Submitted on Nov 1, 2015

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