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'Azure Sapphire Butterfly' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Azure Sapphire Butterfly

16 May 2013

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Landruk, Nepal

Azure Sapphire

Heliophorus moorei
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE
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A six-week solo walk through the Annapurna Mountains of Nepal to survey Himalayan biodiversity — from पोखरा to मुक्तिनाथ (May to June 2013)

50 Observations
48 Identified Species
Malabar Melastome
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Festive Bumble Bee
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Black Kite Hunting the Shores of Fewa Lake
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
Macaque Mother Eating Corn Raided from Nepalese Farm
Hemja, Nepal (June 2013)
Four-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly
Jharkot, Nepal (June 2013)
Russet Percher Dragonfly Perched in the Eastern Marshes of Fewa Lake
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
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52 Identified Species
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