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Charaxes jasius
A big and heavy butterfly about the size of a closed fist. Very warm colours ranging from orange to deep-red with streaks of white and black. Hary body with thick legs.
Mountain top. Found during the summer.
Seemed somewhat old due to it's damaged wings.
Let's try it another way. Select Missions (way up at the top of the screen) and then go to Local. If you search on Portugal or Europe, you do not see the Great Pollinator Project, so I thought it was not applicable. I see that you can select it anyway! In order to request a pollinator project for Europe refer to the FAQ page under Getting Involved in Missions.
De nada. :) Yours does seem to have seen some action! Still a great spotting, though.
Nice, thanks :D
Also your specimen is in much better condition than mine :P
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/4959... - Pollinator mission.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/692... - my spotting of this fellar, from south Portugal, near Faro. :)
I was just about to say that looks like a two-tailed pasha. :) Only because I spotted one a few weeks ago. Beautiful butterfly, great spotting. :)
You're right, it seems to be the two-tailed pasha, specially because of the eyes and wing shape/angle
If you look over at the relating spottings, you'll notice the two-tailed pasha that looks amazingly like the white-barred emperor. It, however, would get rid of that nasty range issue we discussed. Check it out, but switching the ID seems reasonable.
I am sometimes unsure of which projects are visible to people in other areas. Check if the Great Pollinator Project is available to you. (It may be a local project only.) If it is available, you could add all of you butterflies to it. If it is not, you can always request a pollinator project for Europe.
Happy to help as I can. But is the rainy season and I have a (gasp) tower and not a laptop or smartphone. The lightning is playing havoc with my time on Project Noah. In fact, it is about to rain again.
@1Sarah2
perhaps you can help me identify the other butterfly i have on my spottings, since i found nearby this one
The patterns match perfectly with your suggestion, but it is really strange that i found it in the north of my country....specially in a zone that is windy cold.
With that suggestion, I will readily admit that I have an Africa to Europe range issue.
Spotted on Jun 18, 2010
Submitted on Aug 28, 2011
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