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onalee Brooksville, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 04, 2007

This poor thing is pretty beat up, but still a lovely creature - do you know it's name?

thanks,
Onalee

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Oct 04, 2007

That's a beautiful White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.floridata.com/tracks/butterfly/images/white_peacock.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.floridata.com/tracks/butterfly/white_peacock.cfm&h=217&w=280&sz=14&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=7OmrcQoK8sy-XM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwhite%2Bpeacock%2Bbutterfly%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

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maccionoadha Halifax, MA(Zone 6a) Oct 04, 2007

I agree, it's a White Peacock butterfly.

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onalee Brooksville, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 05, 2007

Cool - thanks!!

Onalee

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