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Yellow Orange Tip cluster on Wilpaththu path, Sri Lanka One of Sri Lanka's unexpected delights are the enormous quantities and diversity of butterflies. At Wilpaththu, we literally were driving in clouds of butterflies and dragonflies, something we never experienced in any other country we visited. For some reason, it were always these yellow species found on the ground. Asia,Ixias pyrene,Sri Lanka,Wilpaththu,Yellow Orange Tip Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Yellow Orange Tip cluster on Wilpaththu path, Sri Lanka

One of Sri Lanka's unexpected delights are the enormous quantities and diversity of butterflies. At Wilpaththu, we literally were driving in clouds of butterflies and dragonflies, something we never experienced in any other country we visited. For some reason, it were always these yellow species found on the ground.

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    How fantastic!
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The Yellow Orange Tip

Yellow Orange Tip, ''Ixias pyrene'' is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 9, 2014. Captured Nov 5, 2014 12:25.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/400s
  • ISO100
  • 400mm