Tiger Butterfly

Posted by Lyndsey Le (Houston, TX, United States) on 27 January 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

I'm not sure of the name of this type of butterfly, but the colors and patterns on its wings remind me of those of a tiger.

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Comments (9)

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

I simply adore buterfly photos, many thanks D

27 Jan 2007 9:54am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Beautiful wings! Nice shot.

27 Jan 2007 11:04am

Jerry from Tampa, United States

simply AWESOME!

27 Jan 2007 1:40pm

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

lovely!

27 Jan 2007 1:59pm

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Good capture!

27 Jan 2007 2:18pm

Angry Buddha from United States

Wow! Great catch Lyndsey.

27 Jan 2007 2:56pm

seventhray from Wayland, United States

Beautiful photo! You did a wonderful job capturing this butterfly! Colors are great, you subject is nice and sharp....... Wow!

27 Jan 2007 9:27pm

@seventhray: Thanks, seventhray! I was really lucky to be able to capture these beautiful butterflies when they were fully spreading their wings.

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Beautiful shot. I'm no lepidopterist, but I'd say this is either a Giant or a Thoas Swallowtail.

28 Jan 2007 4:16am

@Damon Schreiber: Wow, Giant and Thoas Swallowtail are so much the same ... I couldn't really tell the difference. Just by comparing the pictures of each butterfly, I think the one in my photo is Thoas Swallowtail. Appreciate the information, Damon! :)

Shuva from Hyderabad, India

Where did you get so many lovely butterflies?

28 Jan 2007 8:52am

@Shuva: Thanks, Shuva for stopping by! You shall find out in the ending photo of my butterfly series, which will be posted within a couple days :)

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