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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter.

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Ryukyu butterfly wintering in group in Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A group of Ryukyu butterflies, called ideopsis similis, is observed wintering on a vine on Amami-Oshima Island in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Jan. 21.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2021, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter in groups.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2021, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter in groups.

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(CORRECTED) Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is Ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is Ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)

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Ryukyu butterfly wintering in group in Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A group of Ryukyu butterflies, called ideopsis similis, is observed wintering on a vine on Amami-Oshima Island in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Jan. 21. (Kyodo)