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Red Lacewing

Red Lacewing (Cethosia biblis) is medium-sized butterfly, with a wingspan reaching about 8cm, a species of heliconiine butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family. They can be found from India and Nepal, east to southern China and the Philippines, and south to Indonesia. Red Lacewing has a bad taste for predators, deriving from the poisonous host plants of the caterpillars.

 

Family: Nymphalidae

 

This picture is taken in the indoor live butterfly garden of the Sensational Butterflies Exhibition, Natural History Museum, London

 

NIKON D7000 plus Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8

 

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Uploaded on December 9, 2013
Taken on September 9, 2013