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The bordered patch is an extremely variable butterfly. The upperside of the wings is mainly black with the forewing having rows of white and/or yellow-orange spots of varying sizes. [2] There is usually one whitish spot in the forewing cell. [3] The hindwing has many color variations.
Idea malabarica, the Malabar tree nymph, [2] is a large butterfly found in peninsular India. [ 2 ] that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae . [ 3 ] It is found in forest clearings and above the forest canopy.
Idea (Hestia in older literature) is a genus of butterflies known as tree nymphs or paper butterflies. The member species are concentrated around South-East Asia. See Sevenia for the genus of African tree nymphs. These slender butterflies have very large, papery white wings with black veins and markings.
Mylothris rueppellii, the Rüppell's dotted border or twin dotted border, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in most of Africa , south of the Sahara . The wingspan is 48–55 millimetres (1.9–2.2 in) for males and 50–56 mm (2.0–2.2 in) for females.
Idea leuconoe, also known as the paper kite butterfly, rice paper butterfly, large tree nymph, [1] is a butterfly known especially for its presence in butterfly houses and live butterfly expositions. It has a wingspan of 12 to 14 cm.
Mylothris yulei, Yule's dotted border or the fragile dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of submontane and montane forests and dense woodland.
The forewing discoidal cell, interspace 1a, 1 to near apex, basal half of 2, and extreme bases of 3 and 4 rich violet blue, the borders of the discocellulars and the interspaces of veins 2, 3 and 4 are black, spread diffusely outwards in interspaces 1a and 1. A very broad oblique discal orange band from costa to apices of interspaces 1 and 2 ...
Butterfly tree is a common name for several species of plants and may refer to: Phanera purpurea, native to India and Myanmar; Colophospermum mopane, native to Africa;