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Blue-winged Eurybia

Eurybia lycisca

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

This butterfly seemed to always land on the underneath of leaves, in Primary Rainforest where it was quite dark, so hard to get a good photo. But it was beautiful flying around, flashing that gorgeous blue.

Habitat:

Primary Rainforest.

Notes:

I saw this butterfly in Primary rainforest at Selva Verde with Alejandro Esquivel Gaitán. Unfortunately my camera fell into the river before I had a chance to download the photos, so he kindly allowed me to use his photos...

Reference Links:

Eurybia lycisca Westwood, 1851

Species ID Suggestions

Blue-winged Eurybia

Eurybia lycisca

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bayucca
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Comments (11)
pamsai
thanks KarinL. It was gorgeous flying around flashing that beautiful blue.
pamsai
thanks Mark... wish I had the expertise, or the camera, to get the clarity that bayucca does!
bayucca
Always a pleasure with your wonderful Tico butterflies!
pamsai
thanks bayucca... Lovely spottings of this butterfly you posted. Congratulations for your 5500th ID! Amazing... I think a good portion of them are mine!
bayucca
Riodinidae, Eurybia lycisca. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8183387 http://butterfliesofamerica.com/eurybia_lycisca.htm Nice one for my ID #5500.
pamsai
thanks Gilma... Luckily it was only my little Lumix point and shoot, not my big camera. I already replaced it, but lost a few photos from the rainforest!

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PublishedSeptember 10, 2013

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