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Please help me id this butterfly, found in Miami, FL - Marpesia petreus
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Please help me id this butterfly, found in Miami, FL - Marpesia petreus
Miami, Florida, USA
August 29, 2013

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Please help me id this butterfly, found in Miami, FL - Marpesia petreus Please help me id this butterfly, found in Miami, FL - Marpesia petreus
Contributed by alexsaldana9 on 29 August, 2013 - 8:33pm
Last updated 3 September, 2013 - 6:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Edwards, 3 September, 2013 - 6:05pm

Looks like
a Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus). The hindwing tails are quite distinctive.
… Bill Wilwers, 29 August, 2013 - 11:47pm

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