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Orange Long-tailed Butterfly - Marpesia petreus
Copyright © 2015 Aaron Schusteff

Orange Long-tailed Butterfly - Marpesia petreus
John U. Floyd Beach State Park, Dania Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
June 30, 2015
A pleasure to bump into this one...unlike anything I've seen "out west". Perched here on large leaves of a mangrove tree...about 80 meters inland from the beach, but east of the "intercoastal" waterway.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 4 July, 2015 - 3:06pm
Last updated 24 July, 2015 - 1:32pm

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