The boozing butterfly is a Two-tailed Pasha or Foxy Emperor (Charaxes jasius). Not seen in the UK as its range is too far south. Its feed plant is the Strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, which is part of the original flora of this region.
Tags: butterflies, Charaxes jasius, Foxy Emperor, Two-tailed Pasha
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August 24th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Not seen one of them beforeFatastic and roisin wonders who took the phoo?
August 24th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Ooni did. Only got the barest glimpse of its upper side. From that brief glance I though it was a Camberwell Beauty, but it couldn’t be because the underside is so completely different. This is what it looks like …