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Malabar Tree Nymph

Idea malabarica

About

A very large, elegant butterfly with translucent white wings patterned with dark veins and spots. It flies slowly and gracefully through the forest canopy, resembling a floating tissue paper in the dappled light.

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Did You Know?

Its slow, fearless flight is an advertisement of its unpalatability; birds that taste it quickly learn to avoid its distinctive pattern.