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Makrena Clearwing

Oleria makrena caucana

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large clearwing

Habitat:

cloudforest, 2200m

Notes:

One of many clearwings I spotted in Chicaque natural park.

Species ID Suggestions

Glasswinged butterfly

Greta oto

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Megan Gilbert
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Makrena Clearwing

Oleria makrena caucana

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bayucca
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Comments (6)
Dan Doucette
Thanks for the suggestion Megan and I may be wrong, I'm not a butterfly expert by any means, but I don't think this is G. oto. I've come to learn that there are so many clearwing/glasswing type butterflies, some with only subtle differences to tell them apart, so this may be something related.

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PublishedMay 11, 2013

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