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Spotting

Description:

Chocolate brown butterfly with orange to light creamy shade band in the shape of a horseshoe (upside down). Sitting for short periods on leaves & foliage then quickly fluttering of again. At first I thought it might be a type of moth.

Notes:

I spotted this butterfly in the northern part of Pretoria, South Africa. I was at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain in a shady area with lush vegetation.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Garden Commodore
Precis archesia (Summer form pelasgis)


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1 Comment

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 13 years ago

Very close to Lurcher butterfly. Except those dots on the orange bands.

werner.geere
Spotted by
werner.geere

Spotted on Jun 4, 2011
Submitted on Jun 4, 2011

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