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Photo by elaphrus
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Field Notes

Description:

Lycaenidae?

Habitat:

Brokopondo district. Wet tropical forest. Surprisingly, this butterfly came to the bug light.

Species ID Suggestions

Lucianus Metalmark

Calospila lucianus

Reference Link
Saturniidae27
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Comments (1)
Felix Fleck
Looks like a metalmark, family riodinidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riodinidae

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PublishedAugust 11, 2016

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