Spotted Black Crow Butterfly

canon 1000 D
Canon 55-250, F-5/7
ISO - 200
f 135 mm

Looks like a Spotted Black crow. The orange flowers look nice. Some more space on the right would be good at the wings are nearly touching the frame. Did you try a horizontal composition? Thanks for sharing.

Certainly one of the Crow butterflies, but I've never seen this species before. Where and when was this photographed?
TFS

this photo was taken near SABARIMALA FOREST Area, Kerala on 21st october 2012 at 2.00 p.m.

I agree that some more space at the right would be better as the wing tips are touching the right side of the frame. Also, the flower is also touching the left side of the frame. So a wider composition would have looked pleasing here. In the second post of the cropped image, the details have been lost.