Chopped Top - _TNY_0246
I'm not sure how it happened, but unfortunately for this white-barred emperor (Charaxes brutus), it had been in some sort of accident which had taken the top of the wings right off.
Normally, I would think this was from an attack by a bird, but since this was photographed at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden - where there are no birds chasing them - something else must've happened.
I never saw it leave the top of this peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) so I am unsure if it was still able to fly.
Chopped Top - _TNY_0246
I'm not sure how it happened, but unfortunately for this white-barred emperor (Charaxes brutus), it had been in some sort of accident which had taken the top of the wings right off.
Normally, I would think this was from an attack by a bird, but since this was photographed at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden - where there are no birds chasing them - something else must've happened.
I never saw it leave the top of this peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) so I am unsure if it was still able to fly.