'Azure Sapphire Butterfly' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Azure Sapphire Butterfly

16 May 2013

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Landruk, Nepal

Azure Sapphire

Heliophorus moorei
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A six-week solo walk through the Annapurna Mountains of Nepal to survey Himalayan biodiversity — from पोखरा to मुक्तिनाथ and back (May to June 2013)

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48 Identified Species
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