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 Pictured in bangalore, India.
App 3 cm long
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 Grammodes geometrica (Noctuidae), this is a moth, not a butterfly.
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 Oops Smile
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 Could also be Grammodes cooma. Need to see the hind wings.
 
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 Grammodes cooma is an Australic species. Does it occur also in India?
 
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 Hi Cesa. No I don't know the answer to that.
 
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