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Wright's Metalmark

Calephelis wrighti

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Notes:

This was in the garden at the edge of the jungle. Barra del Colorado wildlife refuge, Costa Rica

Species ID Suggestions

Cloaked Scintillant

Detritivora barnesi

Comments (13)

Please, check your ID, thanks.
Thanks bayucca. I only commented with my suggestion because I agree with you, they are tricky to ID. I've looked at the butterflies of the Andes and the Amazon so many times on learnaboutbutterflies.com, that I recognize butterflies from Noah that are on the site, even ones I haven't seen in person!
Sorry, Dan, I didn't even realize that you had already have suggested Hermadora. Detritivora and Calephelis are amongst the most tricky ones to ID, specially Calephelis is a nightmare genus... Congrats for the genus!
I was close with my suggestion, at least got the genus right, making you proud bayucca! I'm limited though, to what Adrian Hoskins has spotted, as I find his site the easiest to use while searching for ID's.
Riodinidae, Detritivora sp. and most probably Detritivora barnesi, Cloaked Scintillant or Barnes' Metalmark. http://www.flickr.com/photos/asterisktom/3621576589/ http://eol.org/pages/11558525/overview http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/129771031 Best reference is one in one of my books.
Beautiful! It's very similar to the Hermadora Metalmark. http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Detritivora%20hermadora.htm

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