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Butterfly Taken at "Tropical World", Roundhay, Leeds Clipper,Geotagged,Parthenos sylvia,Summer,United Kingdom Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Butterfly

Taken at "Tropical World", Roundhay, Leeds

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
    Lion
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    It took me a while searching for a butterfly with tails before a realised that these are not tails, but part of the hind wings is missing... Posted 10 years ago
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      Stuart
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      Thank you WildFlower. I couldn't figure it out. I actually took pictures of the "species identification" chart while I Was there however the colours were similar to what I saw but the wing shape was not. I didn't want to incorrectly identify it. I wonder what happened to the poor thing.. Posted 10 years ago

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The Clipper

"Parthenos sylvia", the clipper, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia, mostly in forested areas. The clipper is a fast-flying butterfly and has a habit of flying with its wings flapping stiffly between the horizontal position and a few degrees below the horizontal. It may glide between spurts of flapping.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Stuart

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Uploaded Aug 9, 2015. Captured Aug 9, 2015 13:08 in 4 Street Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS8 2ET, UK.
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  • Canon EOS 600D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO3200
  • 210mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.