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Butterfly Idea leuconoe

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gostya, 03.04.2006 17:09

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08.04.2006 5:44, gostya

In fact, this photo was taken in a pet museum, they breed butterflies there and they fly around the greenhouse, maybe it's a mutant of some kind?

08.04.2006 10:00, Pavel Morozov

No, it's not a mutant or anything. The most typical Southeast Asian butterfly of the Danaidae family. Idea leuconoe.
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13.04.2006 18:44, Guest

user posted imageIdea leuconoe

Its habitat extends from southern China and Malaysia to the Philippines and several Indonesian islands. The butterfly flies in the thicket of tropical rainforests. The caterpillars develop on the tylophore. The wings of this large Danaida reach a span of more than 15 cm. She flaps slowly, as if in slow motion, because of the size of her wings. Birds avoid the butterfly, because it is very poisonous.

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