Moth?? by JeffG7BRJ

Photography • Insects • posted on Apr 27, 2009

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Not sure about this one but I think its a moth, the only one of this type that I saw at the butterfly farm. On reflection I think it might well be a Grey Pansy(Precis atlites) native to South Asia. So not a moth after all. Please zoom to fil your screen. Thanks for stopping by for a look and for any comments you care to make.

Comments (23)

ucephobe

10:47AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

A butterfly. Note that the antennae are clubbed, and not feathered in this case, which is one distinguishing point. Another would be how the wings are held at rest (folded above the body, as opposed to flat on the surface on which the insect is resting) - although this one is holding it's wings out, I'll bet if you watched it, you'd see it fold the wings together above the body, which moths rarely if ever do...

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durleybeachbum

10:53AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Definitely a Butterfly, and what a super shot, Jeff! We used to have a place like this near hear but it changed hands and closed!

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Fidelity2

11:11AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Very cool. 5+.

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artaddict2

11:11AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

It's a good clear shot, I would have had the same thoughts as you Jeff thinking it could have been a Moth, but this just tells me I must purchase a good butterfly book to learn more about these. this, if I remember rightly was not a very common one around the farm! Bravo!

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