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caterpillar of a Jester (Nymphalid butterfly) from a Papuan mountain rainforest

Image of Symbrenthia hippoclus Cramer 1782

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Symbrenthia hippoclus CRAMER, 1779 (Common Jester, Gemeiner Spavogel)Genus: Symbrenthia (Jester, Spavgel)Subfamily: NymphalinaeFamily: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies, Edelfalter)[det. Keith Wolfe, 2011, based on this photo]Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies, Schmetterlinge)Class: Insectafor image of imago and classification: www.eol.org/pages/159130larval food plant: Urticaceae (nettles, Brennesselgewchse)Indonesia, W-Papua, Manokwari: vic. Syoubrig (Mokwam), ca. 1500m asl, 13.08.2010(IMG_3948)

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