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Ficus tinctoria gibbosa and Euthalia aconthea butterfly

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A female Euthalia aconthea butterly aka “The Baron”  sunning itself on a fruiting Ficus tinctoria  var gibbosa bush at the Sabah Muzium in Kota Kinabalu.  This butterfly was feeding on the juice of ripe rotting figs.

Several species of Euthalia butterflies are commonly found along the forest edge in Borneo. The larval food plant is the Mangifera (mango) family but the adults are fruit feeders  and are frequently caught in butterfly traps baited with rotting fruit.

Sabah Muzium grounds in Kota Kinabalu. Another interesting fig to be found in the Muzium gardens is Ficus pumila.
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