# Monkey Puzzle Rathinda amor by kadavoor edit by böhringer

- By: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India edit by Böhringer
- Date: 2011-04-15
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: File:Monkey Puzzle Rathinda amor by kadavoor.JPG
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- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.