Thailand

Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

(L 6.6")

Near Kaeng Krachan
Nat’l Park

29Mar2016

Up to 19 subspecies...breeds across tropical
southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east
to Indonesia and the Philippines.

female

Monarch Butterflys taste so bad
from eating milkweed that birds
avoid them.

(R Lederer and C Burr)