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Numilia Firewing

Catonephele numilia

Description:

There is sexual dimorphism in the adults, with the males being black with six orange dots on the dorsal surface of the wings, whereas females are black with a light yellow band across the centre of the fore wings.

Habitat:

Atlantic coast rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this at Caratinga Biological reserve.

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2 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks, you're right! The 2 missions are in line in my choice of missions, must have clicked on the wrong one. I've changed it now, thanks for heads up.

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

may be you meant it for a butterfly mission, not a flower mission?
is very pretty! :-)

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 29, 2010
Submitted on May 29, 2011

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