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clearwing

Ithomiinae

Photo by Dan Doucette
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4.55042, -74.3307

Field Notes

Description:

newly emerging clearwing

Habitat:

cloudforest, 2200m

Notes:

When I first spotted this I wasn't sure what I was looking at, then I started to put it together. I went back an hour later to see what this butterfly was going to look like fully opened, but to my surprise, it was already gone!

Species ID Suggestions

Glasswinged butterfly

Greta oto

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Megan Gilbert
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Comments (7)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Mona, Megan and bayucca. I knew it would be hard to ID it past sub family.
Jopy
beautiful! great spotting..

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Colombia Wildlife
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Mission WILD
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Mariposas de Colombia - Butterflies of Colombia

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PublishedMay 11, 2013

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