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Butterfly -- Cook Islands

Very interesting photo! This is a Red Postman which is a Neotropical species that has been introduced to the Cook Islands. They were introduced in 2016 as a biocontrol agent to control the invasive red passion vine.
 

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Category
Cook Islands - Wildlife
Added by
Terry Thomas
Date added
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Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5200
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
200.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
720
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSC_8721.JPG
File size
128.1 KB
Date taken
Tue, 17 December 2019 9:02 AM
Dimensions
500px x 498px

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