Blue Moon

Hypolimnas bolina

Blue Moon (Hypolimnas bolina)
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Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, common eggfly, varied eggfly, or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia. Source

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In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 14 times across 2 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.