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Nymphalid butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Timo Rauw has won the sponsorship for the butterfly (Junonia oenone) as 2nd prize in the 2017 Alexander Koenig Society photo competition in the under 18 category. Congratulations to him!

  • Name
    Nymphalid butterflies (Nymphalidae)
  • Scientific Name
    Junonia oenone
  • Sponsor
    Timo Rauw

Noble butterfly

 

Timo Rauw has won the sponsorship for the butterfly(Junonia oenone) as 2nd prize in the 2017 Alexander Koenig Society photo competition in the under 18 category. Congratulations!

Junonia oenone from the Nymphalidae family, a species that only flies in Africa and (in a different subspecies) on Madagascar. A very similar sister species (J. orythia) flies in India. No further information is known about their way of life.

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