Carousing Jewelmark (Anteros carausius)

Photo by Tom15

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Habitat:

This colorful little Metalmark butterfly landed on top of a leaf next to me, then proceeded to walk all around on the branches under the leaves.
What a nice surprise to see!

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Comments (28)

Tom15

Thanks for the nice comments. It has an appropriate name "Jewelmark".

Mona Pirih

wow.. it's beautiful !!

tibiprada

Fabulous...Cheers !

Tom15

Thanks everyone! I was very excited to be lucky enough to find this great little butterfly.

Sew

congratz...it is sooo beautiful...

Dilan Chathuranga

Congrats Tom!Nice!!!!

Josh Asel

Beautiful congrats :)

congratulations!

Congrats Tom!

Congratulations!

Congratulations! Very nice.

Leonardo Castro

Congratulations, Tom!

surekha

Beautiful!! Congratulations, Tom!

LaurenZarate

Congratulations Tom, a really lovely butterfly.

AshleyT

Congrats, Tom! Love the wing pattern and how fuzzy the body is :)

KarenL

Congrats Tom, this beauty has earned you spotting of the day honors! The spectacularly colorful carousing jewelmark butterfly from Mexico is spotting of the day! Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153381531465603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/392842228747350016

KarenL

Fabulous!

Tom15

Thanks for all the nice comments! I had seen a picture of this butterfly in a book, but never thought I'd see the butterfly myself.

Billo-kun

:3 wow!

RiekoS

Beautiful butterfly.

Leonardo Castro

Awesome!! Butterfly wings, moth legs. Quite interesting. Great spotting!

Saumya Wanniarachchi

So much color !