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Mexican or 4-spot Sailor (female)

Dynamine postverta mexicana

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Small to medium sized butterfly. Very active.
Marked sexual dimorphism.
Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta Greenwing or Four-spot Sailor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.

Habitat:

Seen along a dirt road bordering Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Last photo shows habitat...
Tropical and subtropical areas of central and South America.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)

Haha Thank you Francisco. Don't know where that scientific name got to ! I was sure I put it in... Thanks for the reminder.
.I have found 2 names for this butterfly, Dynamine Mylitta and Dynamine postvera. Not sure which one it is, or if the name is interchangeable...
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2015

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