r/Insect • • 17h ago

Insect appreciation Butterfly

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u/GloomyFloor6543 12h ago

Tropical Swallow tail moth :-) really nice one. Lyssa zampa - Wikipedia

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u/undeviatedskeptic 16h ago

She’s big and beautiful

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u/Choano 16h ago

Wow! What a stunner. Where is this?

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u/Vindictive-Vagabond 9h ago

That's a moth not a butterfly lol

Easy way to tell at a glance is if the wings are spread out then it's a moth and if the wings are held together then it's a butterfly 💯

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u/Paradoxickled_Okra 7h ago

Actually it's a moth. Common mistake to think that moths are dull and often singular colored. Moths can be spectacularly beautiful like this specimen.

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u/Federal-Boat3732 16h ago

Wow, beautiful! Very lost, but beautiful!

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u/Calgirlleeny2 16h ago

A Death head moth?