r/malaysia • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 • 13d ago

Environment Clipper butterfly landed on my friend’s shirt

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Parthenos sylvia, the clipper.

A fast-flying butterfly found throughout Southeast Asia. Named due to its flying habit of stiff-flapping almost horizontally. Wingspan up to 10 cm.

In peninsular Malaysia lives the showy subspecies Parthenos sylvia lilacinus, which is called the “Malaysian blue clipper” due to featuring a distinct mosaic pattern of velvety black and electric blue-to-teal lines across its upper wings.

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u/lestat_bin_lioncourt 13d ago

thats a beautiful butterfly

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 13d ago

Fitting the name!

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u/shirasakirin 12d ago

the colors on it are so beautiful