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Iole's Daggerwing Butterfly

Marpesia iole

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Description:

It was so beautiful, when the sun was on it it looked so bright orange and purple, stayed for a long time under a leaf but I could not find any eggs.

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Iole's Daggerwing Butterfly

Marpesia Iole
JoshuaGSmith
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Comments (12)
Liana
Great photos! What a gorgeous butterfly :)
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Thank you, Adarsha B S, Marta RubioTexeira, Dilan Chathuranga, RiekoS, dominique.eghlidi, I did not see your comments before today, I live in Costa Rica for 3 years now and this is the first time I run into this beauty.
The MnMs
Very pretty, Gilma! I did not see this one when I was in CR :-)
Stephanie R.
What a beautiful butterfly! Great capture, Gilma!

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2014 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedJuly 20, 2014

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