yellow and black butterfly in Phu Quoc, Vietnam (1 Viewer)

[Deb335077]

please help with this butterfly taken in PHu Quoc in the South of Vietnam

thanks

 

[honeym]

Hi
It's not a butterfly, but a moth. A member of the family Geometridae, probably the genus Dysphania, of which there are a lot of similar-looking species.
Martin

 

[Deb335077]

What is the difference between I butterfly and a moth please?

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Butterflies have clubbed antennae, moths don’t. (More Scientifically Butterflies and Skippers are better considered as two families of moths).

 

[aeshna5]

Butterflies have clubbed antennae, moths don’t. (More Scientifically Butterflies and Skippers are better considered as two families of moths).

But then burnet moths have clubbed antennae!

 

[honeym]

Actually, they are apically dilated and with a point!
They're not the only family of moths with apparent swollen tips to the antennae, either.
One of the problems of generalizations - but it works well for most butterflies.
Martin