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Castilia castilla cf. castilla
about 2"
cloudforest, 2400m
I spotted a bunch of different butterflies puddling along the road through Santuario Otun Quimbaya. At first these black ones with the red bands were very skittish and hard to photograph. I tried chasing them down but they wouldn't let me get close, so I just stood still. It didn't take too long for one of them to land on my boot and check it out for a while. The one in the photo here landed beside me while I was standing still.
Nymphalidae, Argynninae, Melitaeini, Castilla castilla and probably the subspecies Castilla castilla castilla. Similar to Castilla castilla occidentalis.
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22012266@N0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22012266@N0...
Spotted on Dec 19, 2012
Submitted on Sep 13, 2013
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