Look like a beautiful butterfly or a moth?
It is neither. This is a Tiger Butterfly Sea Slug (Cyerce nigra), a striking species of sacoglossan sea slug known for its leaf-like cerata and bold striped patterns.
Appearance: It features velvety black body tissues adorned with bright yellow-to-orange margins, brilliant fluorescent green or white highlights along the edges of its folded cerata, and scattered yellow spots.
Classification: Though commonly called a nudibranch by divers, it belongs to a related group of sacoglossan sea slugs (family Hermaeidae) often referred to as sap-sucking slugs.
Habitat: Typically found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters, particularly around the Philippines and Indonesia, usually in macro-photography muck-diving environments.
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