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A butterfly from Amsterdam

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:23 pm
by CFB
My granddaughter sent me this photo of a butterfly in the Jardin Botanique in Amsterdam. Could someone please identify it.
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Thanks,
Colin

Re: A butterfly from Amsterdam

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:42 pm
by Padfield
Hi Colin. These are Cethosia biblis, the red lacewing, from south and east Asia.

Guy

Re: A butterfly from Amsterdam

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:57 pm
by CFB
Thanks Guy, that's great.
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Colin

Re: A butterfly from Amsterdam

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:06 pm
by Jack Harrison
I recall (it was perhaps 30 years ago) walking in from the hotel where I was staying about 2 kms from Amsterdam centre one spring morning.
In the totally urban environment, I was surprised – and delighted – to see several Brimstones.

Jack