An Orange Kind of Clipper - _TNY_6699
(The clipper (Parthenos sylvia) is a beautiful butterfly found from India in the west to the Phillipines in the east - plus New Guinea. The Greek word "parthenos" means "virgin" and sylvia comes from the Latin word "silva" meaning "forest".
There are a whole bunch of subspecies with variation in the colouration. Some more orange like this one and some more blue like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53664330691/)
An Orange Kind of Clipper - _TNY_6699
(The clipper (Parthenos sylvia) is a beautiful butterfly found from India in the west to the Phillipines in the east - plus New Guinea. The Greek word "parthenos" means "virgin" and sylvia comes from the Latin word "silva" meaning "forest".
There are a whole bunch of subspecies with variation in the colouration. Some more orange like this one and some more blue like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53664330691/)