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Amata phegea
beautiful metallic blue-green wings
feeding on cultivated lavender flowers (Lavandula) in an Umbrian mountain garden
Arctiidae, Amata phegea or formerly Syntomis phegea. There is an astonishing mimic Zygaenidae, Zygaena ephialtes, which is poisenous for birds.
Spotted on Jul 3, 2011
Submitted on Feb 4, 2012
![[g] Amata - mating](https://lh5.ggpht.com/6CLt1c74FWbLG9HU9ZZI7zPT0hyj1r3Pgld_4wTQF95aiEG-5m23RTYL69LKwWnmRk86XsXnbsuyL8wM5M4=s62-c)
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