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Nymphalid butterfly

Euthalia aconthea

Description:

A butterfly resting upside down. Black wings with white patterns. Brown eyes, white legs, yellow proboscis and black antennas with orange tips. Size: body length about 2 cm.

Habitat:

Kundasang highlands, Sabah.

Notes:

I'm not sure whether this butterfly is an Euthalia or Tanaecia species (or maybe other genus). >>>Map accuracy : 50 m diameter.

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3 Comments

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Thanks NuwanChathuranga and Argybee.
I have tried a quick search on some possible Tanaecia and Euthalia species.
Sorry guys (and girls) no luck so far, too many species listed on EOL, many look-alike and little results on the internet.
Chances for this one to be a new species is also very slim because Lepidoptera insects in Kinabalu park are well-studied.
I will continue my ID search here http://www.mothsofborneo.com/author.htm

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Quite beautiful shading on the wings... and interesting orange tufts on antennae. Good one CXW. (I like your website btw.)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

Baron type Nymphalid butterfly (Tanaecia sp. or Euthalia sp.)

ChunXingWong
Spotted by
ChunXingWong

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Dec 11, 2009
Submitted on Mar 6, 2012

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