Nectar Lunch
by Ginger Stein
Title
Nectar Lunch
Artist
Ginger Stein
Medium
Photograph - Macro Photography
Description
A beautiful Rice Paper butterfly having a nectar meal. Photographed in Miami Dade County in eastern Florida, USA. Rice Papers are also known as the Paper Kite butterfly, Large Tree Nymph or in Australia the White Nymph butterfly. It has a wingspan of 12 to 14 cm. The Paper Kite is of Southeast Asian origin, but can also be found in Northern Australia and Southern Taiwan.and in butterfly conservatories around the world. its scientific name is Idea leuconoe.
Larvae feed on flowers that develop into a toxin, so both the butterfly and larva are poisonous.
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July 8th, 2021
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