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Lepidoptera - Ditrysia - Papilionoidea - Nymphalidae - Nymphalinae

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Peacock Pansy [1], Junonia almana or Tatehamodoki. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.
Blue Admiral [1], Kaniska canace ishima or Ruri Tateha. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.
Indian Red Admiral [1][2], Vanessa indica or Aka Tateha. photo: 03/2003, Shiga, Japan.

Mountain Tortoiseshell [1][2], Aglais urticae nojapnicum or Kohiodoshi. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.
Indian Red Admiral [3], Vanessa indica or Aka Tateha. photo: 03/2003, Shiga, Japan.
Araschnia burejana [1][2] or Sakahachi Chô (spring form). photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.

Varied Eggfly [1], Ryûkyû Murasaki or Hypolimnas bolina nerina. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.
Chocolate Argus [1][2], or Junonia hedonia zelima. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.
Blue-banded Eggfly, Arimena Murasaki or Hypolimnas alimena darwinensis. photo: 08/2003, Fogg Dam, NT, Australia.

Australian Painted Lady [1], Vanessa kershawi or Minami Hime Aka Tateha. photo: 09/2003, Perth, Australia.
Australian Painted Lady [2], Vanessa kershawi or Minami Hime Aka Tateha. photo: 09/2003, Dryandra, Australia.
Asian Comma [1][2][3], Polygonia c-aureum or Kitateha. photo: 04/2004, Hiroshima, Japan.

Peacock [1][2], Inachis io geisha or Kujakucho. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan.
Comma [1], Polygonia c-album hamigera or C-tateha. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan.
Indian Red Admiral [4], Vanessa indica or Aka Tateha. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Araschnia burejana [3] or Sakahachi Chô (spring form). photo: 05/2003, Niigata, Japan.
A Pansy, Junonia sp. photo: 08/2004, Powaka, Suriname. Anartia amathea [1][2][3]. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

A Pansy, Junonia sp. photo: 08/2004, Zanderij, Suriname. Anartia amathea [4]. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
Siproeta stelenes [1][2][3], or Asagi Tateha. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.

Asian Comma [4][5], Polygonia c-aureum or Kitateha. photo: 04/2005, Kanagawa, Japan.
Chocolate Pansy [1][2], Junonia iphita or Kuro Tatehamodoki. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Himalayan Jester [1][2], Symbrenthia hypselis scantinia or Hime Ki-misuji. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.

A Jester [1][2], Symbrenthia lilaea formosana. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Peacock Pansy [2], Junonia almana or Tatehamodoki. photo: 06/2005, Chichi, Taiwan. Araschnia burejana [4] or Sakahachi Cho (summer form). photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.

Asian Comma [6][7], Polygonia c-aureum or Kitateha. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.
Dark Blue Pansy, Junonia oenone or Rurimon Kuro Tatehamodoki. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia. Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui or Hime Aka Tateha. photo: 11/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Indian Red Admiral [5], Vanessa indica or Aka Tateha. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan. Araschnia burejana [5] or Sakahachi Chô (spring form). photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan. Blue Admiral [2], Kaniska canace nojaponicum or Ruri Tateha. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.

Blue Admiral [3], Kaniska canace nojaponicum or Ruri Tateha. photo: 05/2006, Kôchi, Japan. Blue Admiral [4][5][6], Kaniska canace nojaponicum or Ruri Tateha. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan Orange Oak Leaf [1][2][3], Kallima inachus eucerca or Konohachô. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan

Peacock Pansy [3][4][5], Junonia almana or Tatehamodoki. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. Blue Pansy [1][2], Junonia orithya or Ao Tatehamodoki. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. Indian Red Admiral [6], Vanessa indica indica or Aka Tateha. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.

Lemon Pansy [1][2], Junonia lemonias lemonias or Janome Tateha Modoki. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. Chocolate Pansy [3], Junonia iphita iphita or Kuro Tatehamodoki. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. A Jester, Symbrenthia sp. (S. hypathia?) . photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Doi Angkhang.

Common Jester [1], Symbrenthia lilaea luciana or S.hippoclus selangorana, probably. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. Araschnia burejana [6][7][8] or Sakahachi Chô (spring form). photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan.
Blue Admiral [7], Kaniska canace nojaponicum or Ruri Tateha. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan

Kamehameha, Vanessa tameamea or Kamehameha Aka Tateha. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i Island, Hawaii. Soldier Commodore [1][2], or Junonia terea. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP., Gabon. Brown Pansy, or Junonia stygia. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP., Gabon.

Brown Pansy [1], or Junonia stygia. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP., Gabon. Little Commodore [1][2][3], or Junonia sophia. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP., Gabon. A Commodore, Junonia sinuata. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP., Gabon.

Variable Eggfly [1][2], Hypolimnas anthedon or Antedon Murasaki. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP., Gabon. An Eggfly or Hypolimnas sp.. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP., Gabon. Forest Mother-of-Pearl, Shinju Tateha or Salamis parhassus. photo: 09/2007, Lopé NP., Gabon.

Brown Pansy [2], or Junonia stygia. photo: 09/2007, Lopé NP., Gabon. Peacock Pansy [6], Junonia almana or Tatehamodoki. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. Danaid Eggfly, Hypolimnas misippus or Mesuaka Murasaki. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Islands, Taiwan.

Lemon Pansy [3], Junonia lemonias lemonias or Janome Tateha Modoki. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Common Eggfly [2], Ryûkyû Murasaki or Hypolimnas bolina kezia. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Orange Oak Leaf [4], Kallima inachus formosana or Konohachô. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.

Chocolate Pansy [4], Junonia iphita iphita or Kuro Tatehamodoki. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Common Jester [2], Symbrenthia lilaea formosana. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Comma [1], Polygonia c-album hamigera or C-tateha. photo: 05/2008, Tochigi, Japan.

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