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Blue-spotted Arab butterfly

Colotis phisadia

Description:

Antennae are clubbed, ending in a white tip. Photo taken at Sweihan, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Hi Karan Raghwa! I believe your butterfly is a Blue-spotted arab, not a Desert white. See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colotis_phi...
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogaller...

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 9 years ago

Wow, what a beautiful butterfly. Having the common name, Desert white is enough, you don't have to have 'butterfly' in the title.

Karan Raghwa
Spotted by
Karan Raghwa

United Arab Emirates

Spotted on Nov 28, 2008
Submitted on May 25, 2014

Spotted for Mission

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