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Charaxes psaphon-Aralam-2016-10-29-002
29 October 2016
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- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
Charaxes psaphon, Plain Tawny Rajah, is a rare butterfly found in South India, belongs to the Leafwings subfamily of Nymphalidae. Often seen feeding on fluid of rotten crab, fish, tree sap, damp patch and animal dung. Here it is puddling from the dried stream bed. (ID: Balakrishnan Valappil)