This was taken at the butterfly house nearby.
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The Rice Paper butterfly, also called the Paper Kite butterfly, wood nymph, or tree nymph (
Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly.
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The wingspan is 95 to 110 cm across. The chrysalis is yellow with black markings. It is from Southeast Asia. Classification: superfamily Papilionigiae, family Nymphalidae, subfamily Danainae, Genus Idea, Species I. Leuconoe.
The one below had just emerged from its pupae and was still unfolding its wings.
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