Female red lacewing butterfly (Cethosia biblis) mating. This species is commonly found in Southeast Asia. Its bright colours are a warning to predator

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Female red lacewing butterfly (Cethosia biblis) mating. This species is commonly found in Southeast Asia. Its bright colours are a warning to predators that it has a bad taste, deriving from the poisonous and unpalatable host plants of its caterpillars.

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Photo credit: © NIGEL DOWNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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