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Chestnut Tiger

Parantica sita

Description:

large butterfly. wiki says marked one flied from Japan to Hong Kong, 2500km in 83 days. shoulder to the wing-tip: 55-60mm. japanese name: アサギマダラ.

Habitat:

mountain. food plant: Marsdenia tomentosa Morr. et Decne.(キジョラン) Vincetoxicum(カモメヅル) Cynanchum caudatum(イケマ).

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4 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

Ah, I tried so hard to get a photo of this butterfly with open wings, but to no avail. I managed with wings closed though!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/141...
Such a beautiful photo...

surekha
surekha 10 years ago

Very beautiful, HarumKoh!

HarumKoh
HarumKoh 10 years ago

thank you all!

rams4d
rams4d 10 years ago

Cool picture.

HarumKoh
Spotted by
HarumKoh

近畿 (Kinki Region), Japan

Spotted on Oct 6, 2013
Submitted on Oct 11, 2013

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