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Calephelis cf. schausi
Very small but very beautiful.
Thank you so much for the ID, bayucca.
I know....it took so long to edit but it is done... : o
I once "promised" never IDing a Calephelis or Detritiovora. OK, I do it nevertheless... Calephelis is one of the trickiest butterflies to ID and if you look at the link you will see that some of the species are only recently described, so quite a "new" story.
In my eyes Calephelis schausi is quite a nice match. You have to look very carefully at each spot, each marking and line, compare size and location, order and neighbouring markings and the distance to them, respectively.
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/calephel...
Best match with yours again:
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/R...
Always keep Detritivora in your mind looking at Calephelis. Sometimes I am not really sure if it is A or B...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Detrit...
And certainly as GreenBugs commented before. Caria ino looks indeed very similar, but the shape of the wings is slightly different.
Looks like a Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino). They are native to Central America and can be found as far north as South Texas.
http://greennature.com/article1967.html
Spotted on Jul 17, 2014
Submitted on Jul 22, 2014
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