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Hypolimnas bolina
Butterfly to 7cms at rest. When it landed it slowly and continuously fanned it wings for 30 secs and then flew off.
Spotted in my vegetable patch from my bedroom window.
Male: The upper side of the wings are jet black, offset with three pairs of white spots & two on the forewing and one on the hind. These white spots are surrounded by purple iridescence. In addition, the upper side of the hind wing bears a series of small white dots. Female: The upper side of the wings of the female is a brownish black and does not have any spots like those of the male.
Spotted on Dec 17, 2005
Submitted on Mar 31, 2013
8 Comments
I think those circles on the wings are actually blue violet in color
I have to say it again I love blue and this is a beautiful butterfly ever saw very pretty
Thank you Jared, dotun55, Maria and the lovely words of wisdom from Petrice.
I meant to say that God created not me so sorry for that mistype
So beautiful Blue is my favorite color so you can imagine how amazing I am at this butterfly so beautiful some think I created so beautiful
beautiful!
Cool spotting
Great spot Andrea!! Love the colours!