International Moth of Mystery

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Is there a lepidopterist in the house?

This turned up on our ship(with one or two others) today during a really heavy rainstorm. The vessel is currently approx 60 miles of the Brazilian coast. I have had a trawl through various South American Moth and Butterfly sites but I cannot get a match.



"An Englishman, a Frenchman and a German were sitting around, and they started talking about how each of their languages was the most beautiful.

"Just listen," said the Englishman. "Butterfly."

"Pah! that is nothing," said the Frenchman, "compared to 'papillon.'"

They turned to look at the German, who said, "And vot is wrong with 'schmetterling?'" "