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Unidentified butterfly from the Harenna Forest in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia. Although invertebrates are not well known in the Ethiopian HIghlands portion of the Eastern Afromontane Hotspot, the region is thought to hold a remarkable diversity of butterflies.