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Mazaeus Clearwing

Mechanitis mazaeus

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

about 1.5 in

Habitat:

tropical rainforest, amazon

Notes:

This small butterfly kindly landed on my guide's hand.

Species ID Suggestions

Mazaeus Clearwing

Mechanitis mazaeus

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bayucca
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Comments (6)
Dan Doucette
Yeah, I saw the pic on FB, very cool! We need more ranger/noah meet ups!
bayucca
:-))! I just said goodbye to Sergio and Daniele and certainly Piera and Marc. That was an exciting experience and I am so happy to met them!
Dan Doucette
I know you're weren't kidding, it was just more of an expression.
bayucca
I am not kidding, when doing IDs, OK, almost never ...
Dan Doucette
Thanks bayucca for the ID. You weren't kidding, there is a lot of variability between species. Kind of strange how this is one of the clearwings but the wings aren't that clear.
bayucca
Nymphalidae, Danainae, Ithomiini, definitely Mechanitis sp. and most probably Mechanitis mazaeus, could be the subspecies Fallax from the link. The white patch on the apex of the forewing is quite large in yours, most of the time it is much smaller. But Mechanitis is quite a variable genus, so I am quite confident with Mechanitis mazaeus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/83287919@N00/5002760780/in/photostream The middle one from Ecuador: http://neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/Nymphalidae_Pages/Ithomiinae/Tith_Mel_Mech/Pages/Mechanitis_lysimnia_mazaeus.html Note the greatvariability within the same species! http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Mechanitis_mazaeus_a.htm This was quite a tough one...

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PublishedApril 27, 2013

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