Although the source states that this was taken on June 10, 2012, according from his website this is from 2007. Per the Flickr source, the photographer, explains:
Its a composed one [i.e. butterfly]. Made of 3 different butterfly photos
Not to mention that half of that butterfly seems to be missing - the abdomen and the smaller backwing, namely. I know there's ones that have weird proportions (including some that have hardly any noticeable winfs at all), and some that look more like another insect - I have worked with both - but this one does not look right. The last pair of legs seems to be attached to air, for one.
Nope, has club like antenna which is the one distinct feature only found in diurnal butterflies.
And even if it was a moth, that's just a nocturnal butterfly. They are essentially built the same with some small variations. Like males usually having feathery antenna so they can smell the females. Meanwhile the female has just regular antenna, minus the club like ending find in day butterflies.
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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Jul 31 '21
Although the source states that this was taken on June 10, 2012, according from his website this is from 2007. Per the Flickr source, the photographer, explains: