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Rhetus periander

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

A beautiful Riodinidae butterfly, one of the 3 Rethus species. This one lives at a lower elevation than Rethus dysonii, 1 - 1800 meters.
I saw this one mud-puddling beside a small stream. When they are settled down feeding, one can get quite close, but until they settle they can be quite skittish.

Habitat:

Mud-puddling on a bridge over a small stream.

Reference Links:

Butterflies of Amazonia - Rhetus periander

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Comments (2)
InêsVeloso
All your butterflies are wonderful, congrats :)

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Amazonia, Peru, NW Bolivia and Western Brazil
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2016

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