Do you know how to identify a South American African Butterfly?
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Funny :)
It looks more like a South American butterfly to me, but I could be wrong.
You see if they understand Tarzan type words like "ungawa". That's always a good sign. Also, their male caterpillars have to kill a lion without using weapons as an initiation rite into adulthood- using their proboscus as a strangulation device is the most popullar method.
Someone watches a lot of late night nature shows.
No...he used to watch old Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movies on Saturday morning.
...and why didn't anyone ask about the relationship between Tarzan and Jane? Were they married by a shaman or witchdoctor? I think Cheeta was smarter than Boy.
The silhouette on the bottom of the wings is tilted slightly which may make it look more like South America, but note the width of the northern half of the continent and the small island to the southeast (Madagascar) and you'll see that it's Africa. BTW, this butterfly normally is all black on the lower portion of its wings. And I have no idea where it comes from!
Take a closer look. The island at the lower right is Falkland; I have a british friend who fought in a war there in the '80's, but I could wrong :)
I should leave it alone for risk of upsetting you, but I see something different.
I'm not easily upset and I consider myself open minded therefore I have taken your comments quite seriously and have concluded that this is a poor silhouette representation of either continent. The size of the northern half is too wide, too large for South America and the southern half is too narrow to be Africa. As for the island to the east, the Faulklands shouldn't even show up, proportionately on a map this size but Madagascar should be further north. Therefore, after much consideration and humility, I shall conclude (in order to prove that I am open minded and that Dennis is always right in matters of butterflies and maps) that the afore mentioned butterfly does indeed display an image of South America but does not prove it is South American since it was artificially produced.
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