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orange bush-brown butterfly

Mycalesis terminus

Description:

Mycalesis terminus is found in The Moluccas and Papua (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands, and in the Cape York peninsula of Australia. It is one of the most common butterflies at this location.

Habitat:

Spotted on spider orchids (Arachnis sp.) in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed remnant patch of forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Notes:

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au... / http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20ord...

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4 Comments

JordiPrats
JordiPrats 6 years ago

Nice spot, please consider to include it on the Butterflies and Moths of Indonesia mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2158...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 9 years ago

Thanks Bhagya & James!

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

Beauty

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 9 years ago

Beautiful....

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Papua, Indonesia

Spotted on Nov 13, 2013
Submitted on Aug 4, 2014

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