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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

fairly plain looking butterfly with 2 eyespots on hind wings

Habitat:

rainforest, 1400m

Notes:

Spotted in Yotoco natural reserve.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)

To me it looks like Cissia terrestris but I don't know. I don't have any other pics, I was lucky just to get this one.
Tricky one without a ventral view. Could be the same one as Gilmas: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/imagehtmls/Nymph/Yphthimoides_renata_ECUADOR_Copalinga_Zamora_11-XI-2009_KG_2_i.htm http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/yphthimoides_renata.htm http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20788141 Could also be Cissia terrestris or Cissia similis http://butterfliesofamerica.com/cissia_terrestris_specimens.htm http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtmls/Nymphalidae/Cissia_similis_Mexico_Morelos_Sierra_de_Huautla_1300m_07-III-2008_LEGAL_2_i.htm Do you have any other view??

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