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Argynnis hyperbius
male is very common. japanese name means Black tipped leopard. shoulder to the wing-tip: 38-45mm. ドクチョウ亜科 Heliconiinae. ヒョウモンチョウ族 Argynnini. japanese name: ツマグロヒョウモン.
food plant: violets. I usually find them on top of a mountain.
Spotted on Nov 3, 2012
Submitted on Aug 13, 2013
6 Comments
very nice picture
Nice picture
gorgeous butterfly, gorgeous photo!
Poor little thing..I hope she could live her entire cycle, in spite of the weather
thank you CindyBinghamKeiser! in fact I feel sad when I see this photo. it was a November butterfly, windy day, wind blow the butterfly and the butterfly turned and opened wings to sun and next wind and turned and opened ... seemed to get warm.
Gorgeous butterfly! Nice shot, HarumKoh.