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Monkey Puzzle Rathinda amor by kadavoor edit by böhringer
Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India edit by Böhringer
2011-04-15
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- CC BY-SA 3.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
The Monkey Puzzle, Rathinda amor (Fabricius) 1775 is a small lycaenid or blue butterfly found in south Asia.
The butterfly has a weak flight, it stays low and does not fly for long without alighting. Its method of alighting is interesting - as soon as it lands, it turns around and waggles its tail filaments, it also sidesteps for a while - all this is apparently to confuse a predator as to which side is the head. This is a likely reason that the first naturalists may have named the species the Monkey Puzzle.
Taken at Kadavoor, Kerala, India.
