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Elf Butterfly

Microtia elva

Photo by LarryGraziano
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This butterfly is about 1.5" x 1.5"

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica end of rainy season

Notes:

Extracting nectar from roadside flowers smaller than a dime.

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Microtia elva thumbnails

Species ID Suggestions

Elf

Microtia elva elva
bayucca
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Comments (7)
Ismael Chaves
Wow! Que buena esta nunca la habia visto, y muy buena foto
bayucca
Nymphalidae, Melitaeini/Crescents, Microtia elva elva.

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Paso Pacifico Survey
Photographed
PublishedDecember 18, 2011

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