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a brown and blue butterfly sitting on top of a white surface with its wings spread open

Euploea Radamanthus Radamanthus(Magpie Crow) -Male -Malaysia -(3 in wingspan). Euploea is a genus of milkweed butterflies and consequently they are all poisonous. Furthermore, Euploea is a genus of butterflies which are generally dark in coloration for which reason they are commonly called Crows. This butterfly is named after the "Magpie Crow" which is a black and white Crow with a blue tail.

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a blue and white bird sitting on top of a tree branch

The white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa), also known erroneously as the Pocono swallow, is a large Central American species of magpie-jay. It ranges in Pacific-slope thorn forest from Jalisco, Mexico to Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

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a black and white bird sitting on top of a wooden stick in front of trees

While, on the face of it, the Magpie is a striking bird with its plump body, upright stance, long tail, confidently alert demeanour, bold black and white pattern and plumage with a metallic iridescent purple, blue and green sheen, not many people appear to warm to it. Worse still, it has long been associated with evil as an English observation from 1507 testifies: "Whan pyes chatter vpon a house it is a sygne of ryghte euyll tydynges."

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