Fascinating of butterfly

Butterflies have magnificent colors and fly cheerfully from flower to flower in the air. Since their behavior do not bite or sting, butterfly is a insect model of innocence.

Sabtu, 04 Desember 2010

Butterfly of Gambia - 2002

Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra Neophron) has featured on the stamp in the middle of the butterfly shaped souvenir sheet which issued by Gambia Post on year 2002.

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Scott number : 2676

Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra Neophron)

The Gold Banded Forester (Euphaedra neophron) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and found in eastern and southern Africa.

The larvae feed on Deinbollia oblongifolia or known as the Dune Soap-berry is a shrub or small tree in the family Sapindaceae.This small tree is found in coastal vegetation from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to southern Mozambique and Swaziland.

The wingspan is 55-65 mm for males and 60-78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from February to July.

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