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Photo #33718: Lepidoptera sp.

Imago

Lepidoptera

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Base gallery. Upperside. Alive insect.

Photo: Svetlana Shchavelina. Image without retouching at the website. Identified by: Robot

Date and time, location shooting/catching: 2014-09-15 00:00:00, Gunung Alab mnt., Sabah, Borneo высота 1900 м н.у.м.

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01.12.2014 1:47, Svetlana Shchavelina

... otsmatrivaya material ...
At this butterfly look - on a dark background (one half of the wing, which is closer to his chest) have clusters of light scales scattered rarely rest of the surface of the wings (look like tiny light bars). So: where they are perceived as eye congestion tiny droplets of liquid mercury or shiny metal.What was my surprise that this effect in the pictures I found ....

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