From: scotus09@hotmail.com
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Various - moth.jpg (1/1)
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 06:11:25 GMT


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From: Martin Kramer
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Various - moth.jpg (1/1)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 01:36:48 +0100

This is not a moth but a butterfly of some kind
You can tell by the way they fold their wings
Alas, I do not know what species of butterfly it is

Martin Kramer

mkramer@wxs.nl
http://home.wxs.nl/~mkramer/


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From: Sericinus hunter
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Various - moth.jpg (1/1)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 12:31:21 -0800

Martin Kramer wrote:
>
> This is not a moth but a butterfly of some kind
> You can tell by the way they fold their wings
> Alas, I do not know what species of butterfly it is

You are right. This is definitely a butterfly of Nymphalidae family.
This family has somewhat unique feature -- reduced (looking even
absent) forelegs. You can clearly see this on the photo:
four legs, not six. Very nice photo, by the way.
The way butterflies and moths fold wings is very characteristic
indeed but I think the shape of antenna is what defines them
officially.

Andrei