A male Staff Sargeant Butterfly (Nymphalidae) sunning itself on a leaf in Thailand


The Staff Sergeant (Athyma selenophora) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family found in tropical and subtropical Asia. It is a montane species and is found from the Himalayas to Southern India (the Nilgiris and the Western Ghats), Assam, Myanmar and Northern Tenasserim.


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Location: Nam Nao National Park, Petchabun, Thailand
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
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