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Family : Lycaenidae
Subfamily : Lycaeninae
Genus : Semanga
Common Name : Super Delicious


Description
This species is infrequently encountered in the nature reserves in Singapore, usually flying rapidly in the vicinity of flowering trees and shrubs.
The males possess two pairs of tails at veins 2 and 3, whilst females feature 3 pairs of tails with the additional pair at vein 4.

Habitat & Habits
The upperside of the male is a lustrous purple with a blakc border on the forewing and an orange-red distal border on the hindwing. The female is bluish purple with a wider forewing border. The buff-brown underside has a narry reddish brown post-discal line on each wing, and the tornal area of the hindwing is red with black spots and metallic blue/green zigzagged lines.
Image size
700x467px 235.68 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D50
Shutter Speed
2/1000 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
90 mm
Date Taken
Nov 29, 2008, 2:18:46 PM
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ogiedomane's avatar
i have added this photo in my weekly journal featuring <butterflies..moth..>
thank you for your art.
:)