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Caria rhacotis
The genus Caria, in the family Riodinidae, contains some of the most beautiful and elusive species on Earth. They are rarely seen because of their superb camouflage, usually settling on mossy or algae covered ground beside some source of water.
On sandy banks of small streams in Neo-tropical forest
Spotted on Aug 13, 2016
Submitted on Sep 12, 2016
28 Comments (1–25)
thanks Bonnie... it really was spectacular, and I was so excited to see it.
Spectacular!
thanks Antonio...
Beautiful capture Pam,congrats on thze well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
thank you Sergio and Arlanda...
Congratulatoins!
Congratulations, pamsai.
thanks Pradeep...
Congratulations! !!
thanks Sunny
Wow!! What a beautiful butterfly!!!! Congrats Pam...
thanks Bonnie...
thanks Neil for all your support for my photos...
Absolutely lovely! Great shot!
thanks Felix...
Well deserved! Congrats.
thanks triggsturner, Lauren and Ines.
thanks Ashley for the SOTD. You can imagine how thrilled I was to see this little one beside a small stream in Peru. It really sparkled and contained so many colours. The photo doesn't do it credit.
A wonderful SOTD. Congrats, Pam.
Congrats Pam, these beautiful colors were too good to pass up for Spotting of the Day!
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Gorgeous!
So beautiful Pam!
Oh my! What a wonderful spotting. Well done Pam and thank you for sharing this.
thanks Hema and G Mohandas...
haha... I was in Peru for a month, now in Japan. Just added the photos out of order !