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Tropical Swallowtail Moth

Lyssa zampa

Description:

During our wedding on the 43rd floor roof in the middle of Metro Manila came the largest butterfly I ever saw in my life. Everyone said it was a miracle. My mom sent me to the wedding with an artistic butterfly and the hotel owner said it was a Chinese superstition that a butterfly showing up at your wedding meant it was going to last forever. My new Filipino family said it is superstition that the butterfly will show up when it is a dead parent. They all said it was my wife's mother showing up for the wedding. How else can it be that it could show up on a tall building in the middle of concrete and traffic?

Habitat:

Metro Manila

Notes:

I have no idea what kind of butterfly this is. It showed up at 9:45 PM

2 Species ID Suggestions

Tropical Swallowtail Moth
Lyssa zampa Lyssa zampa
Tropical Swallowtail Moth
Lyssa zampa ::The Moths of Borneo::


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4 Comments

drP
drP 10 years ago

Beautiful. Congratulations!

seanwhitesolar
seanwhitesolar 10 years ago

Thanks for the help with the name and the congratulations!!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

What a nice story! Congratulations on your wedding and with such a beautiful omen, it will last forever.

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 10 years ago

what a lovely story to go with the spotting :-)

seanwhitesolar
Spotted by
seanwhitesolar

San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines

Spotted on May 19, 2013
Submitted on May 19, 2013

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