i need the five-letter name of a eurasian butterfly with dark brown
wings and body and and two blue eyespots on each forewing. i believe
the second letter to be "r" and the fourth to be "a".

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Request for Question Clarification by jackburton-ga on 11 Jul 2005 06:52 PDT

hi bigfella33,
 
"Argus", maybe ?
    
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=argus+butterfly+blue+%22eye+spots%22+OR+eyspots&btnG=Search
  
jackburton-ga

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Clarification of Question by bigfella33-ga on 11 Jul 2005 07:37 PDT

no, i don't think it's argus. this is a crossword clue and the two
intersecting clues give me the letters "r" (2nd of 5) and "a" (4th).
i've double checked those clues and both seem entirely right.

Hi bigfella33,

I believe that the answer is dryad (Minois dryas).

See:

"A Listing of Butterflies & Moths in Japan" [scroll down to listing 187]
Focus on Nature Tours
http://www.focusonnature.com/JapanButterfliesList.htm

"Dryad"
Butterflies of France
http://www.butterfliesoffrance.com/html/dryad.htm

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

I searched on Google for various terms, finally finding the first page
I cited with:

butterfly "brown wings" eyespots eurasia

And then I searched on Google for:

dryad minois