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Chocolate Argus (female)

Junonia hedonia

Description:

The Chocolate Argus is a dark brown butterfly. The upper surface of the wings have a border of two dark lines around the outer edges. The hindwings have five small eye spots inside the border. The underside of the wings have more barring, including a dark wedge shaped bar with small white spots across the hindwings. OzAnimals

Habitat:

Found in Paperbark swamps. Eastern coastal Queensland from Cape York to New South Wales border, top end of the Northern Territory

Notes:

Female. Wet season form.

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3 Comments

TicThapanya
TicThapanya 10 years ago

very nice butterfly

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

Thanks Mark :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Delicious Leanne !

LeanneGardner
Spotted by
LeanneGardner

Queensland, Australia

Spotted on May 31, 2013
Submitted on Jun 12, 2013

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