Elymnias hypermnestra Indonesia AMBON

£3.45£4.45

Common Palm Fly Butterfly

Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded, requires relaxing and setting

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SKU: WB14831

Description

Taxonomy Identification: Family Nymphalidae, First named by Linnaeus, in 1763

Colour: Sexually dimorphic. Male topside (recto) forewings are dark blackish-blue with blue tips, hind-wings have a reddish brown edge. Female topside (recto) brown base colour with reddish-orange stripes and white wing tips/spots on border. Underside brown with various lighter patterning and pale white tip. Highly variable species.

Size: Wingspan 60-70mm

Comments & Applications: A unusual leaf-like butterfly, commonly known as Palm fly’s. A collectable and popular species used in the trade for butterfly framing, domes, artwork, photography, interior design and film

Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded, requires relaxing and setting

More information: Wikipedia Captive Breeding