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Psyche Butterfly

On that morning in the forest I spotted this beauty. It's name is Psyche. They nectar for a very short duration on each flower, thus hardly giving any time to capture them extremely close. The Psyche (Leptosia nina) is also known by the delightful name Wandering Snowflake – a term which describes this common and pretty species very well. In Africa, other members of the genus are known by the equally descriptive names Flip-Flop and Wood White.

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Uploaded on December 31, 2019
Taken on November 28, 2015