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Crimson Rose

Atrophaneura hector

Notes:

Males or females? Wondering if I got shots of the 2 different butterflies that were playing in my garden. Was hard to keep track of which one landed where! Can't stop posting these beautiful butterflies...

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3 Comments

Jose Carlos Caria
Jose Carlos Caria 12 years ago

Wonderful!

pamsai
pamsai 12 years ago

thanks Martini. On the first 2 photos here the colour on the wings was much more orange, than red. This was the larger of the 2. Then I got confused as to which one I was spotting, as they were both flying round. When I first spotted them they were both resting on a low shrub.

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

There is little difference between male and female in Pachlioptera as can be noticed in the link here http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo1... I cannot tell which of these is the female. It is interesting to note that the tails are broken on both of these and maybe that is an occupational hazard associated with mating. Yours is suffering the same condition.

pamsai
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pamsai

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Feb 14, 2012
Submitted on Feb 14, 2012

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