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Butterfly fail I'm generally reasonably pleased with the quantity, quality and diversity of the photos we took back from Madagascar, but there is one thing I definitely failed at: butterflies. They are huge, but very restless and I never had the luck of being in the right place with the right lens. This photo is about the closest I got, and this one is of a small and less spectacular butterfly. To me this seems like a monarch butterfly. African Monarch,Danaus chrysippus,Isola,Madagascar Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Butterfly fail

I'm generally reasonably pleased with the quantity, quality and diversity of the photos we took back from Madagascar, but there is one thing I definitely failed at: butterflies. They are huge, but very restless and I never had the luck of being in the right place with the right lens. This photo is about the closest I got, and this one is of a small and less spectacular butterfly. To me this seems like a monarch butterfly.

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"Danaus chrysippus", also known as the plain tiger, African queen, or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae.

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

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Uploaded Jan 31, 2013. Captured Sep 10, 2012 14:58.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/8.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO125
  • 105mm