U is for ...?

aetiefen · Post by **aetiefen** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:50 am

This is an odd identification...and it has me totally stumped. I have a set of alphabet wall cards for my son (eeboo's All Around the Land) which has a gorgeous butterfly (could be a moth too I suppose--artist liberty) on the "U" page. The butterfly is a bit of a yellowy-taupe cast, with black/purple/black bands on the hindwing. Any ideas?

Mikhail · Post by **Mikhail** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:37 am

I wonder if it could be one of the Urania moths, large colourful moths with tails.

Misha

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:24 pm

Union Jack butterfly (Delias mysis)? It has the yellow part, but not sure about the other things. Could be a uraniia

Its is an Australian butterfly that lives in tropical rainforests of northern Queensland.

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:03 pm

... unidentified?

Guy

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:07 pm

I just had a look on the internet and I think you might find the butterfly is holding an umbrella...

Guy

aetiefen · Post by **aetiefen** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:56 pm

I like "Unidentified"

The Union Jack looks fairly close, so I might just call it that.

The cards are quite imaginative...there are several items in each one that represent the letter, so the umbrella is one, the flowers are another (although I can't identify those either!!!) and of course the butterfly/moth.

Thanks for all the ideas!!

Allison

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:08 pm

Sorry Allison - I was over-hasty. I really thought you hadn't seen the umbrella!

Guy

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