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paper kite

Idea leuconoe

Habitat:

The Paper Kite is of Southeast Asian origin.

Notes:

From my mother's garden. This beauty kept coming back to the Egyptian starcluster flower until it finally rested on the metal fence.

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Glassy Tiger
Parantica aglea Parantica aglea


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3 Comments

AlonaCatubigLiu
AlonaCatubigLiu 8 years ago

that's manilana. not paper kite or idea leuconoe.

IanMichaelIleto
IanMichaelIleto 12 years ago

Hi Anna, It does look like a black and white monarch ^_^ I saw a wiki of paper kite (Idea leuconoe) similar to my spotting except that mine has a wider black border on its wings. Probably one of the subspecies.

AnnaWhipkey
AnnaWhipkey 12 years ago

makes me think of a Monarch, only in black and white

IanMichaelIleto
Spotted by
IanMichaelIleto

Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011

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