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Rice Paper Butterfly
The rice paper butterfly, also called the paper kite butterfly, wood nymph, or tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly. The wingspan is 95 to 110 cm across. The chrysalis is yellow with black markings. It is from Southeast Asia
Classification: superfamily Papilionigiae, family Nymphalidae, subfamily Danainae, Genus Idea, Species I. Leuconoe.
Spotted on Nov 1, 2011
Submitted on Jan 6, 2012
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beautiful picture !!
Thank you.
Nice butterfly and information. Welcome to Project Noah.