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Blue Monarch
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Blue Monarch

Tirumala petiverana

Tirumala petiverana, the blue monarch, African blue tiger or dappled monarch, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. The habitat consists of Afromontane, lowland and riverine forests.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 354668.