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Butterfly

Joker

Byblia ilithyia

Joker butterfly with orange wings marked by black bands, resting on gravel
Scientific name
Byblia ilithyia
Family
Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera
Group
Butterfly

An orange butterfly with a clown's zig-zag markings.

  • Spot it Orange wings with wavy black bands and a black border; the underside is banded orange, white and brown.
  • Home Dry scrub and grassland.
  • Caterpillar food Climbing plants of the spurge family, such as Tragia.
  • Why it matters A dry-country butterfly that feeds birds and spiders and visits small flowers.

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