Vanessa itea

1 Yellow Admiral at Weston, ACT

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Vanessa itea 15 Feb 2023 owenh
Unverified 12 Feb 2023 AliceH

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This butterfly looked like a yellow admiral but the inside wing colour on boht sides of the body were dark brown instead of orange. Just curious if this is natural variation or an age related phenomenon for this species? thks

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owenh wrote:
   15 Feb 2023
Quite unusual. Very little variation across the species is noted.
AliceH wrote:
   15 Feb 2023
Thks good to know 😊

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