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Ithomeis aurantiaca
About 4.5cm wingspan. Dark colouration with orange and blue markings.
Tropical rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon region.
Congratulations Felix, this beauty marks the first time for this species on Project Noah, and is our Spotting of the Day! Thank you bayucca for the ID.
"This beautiful Ithomeis Metalmark (Ithomeis aurantica) is our Spotting of the Day! Ithomeis aurantica (butterfly family Riodinidae) is found in Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. It was named by explorer and naturalist Henry Walter Bates, who provided the first scientific account of mimicry in animals.
Find out more about Ithomeis and Batesian mimicry here: https://buff.ly/2zPaCti "
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Riodinidae, Riodininae, Riodinini, Ithomeis aurantia. Superb!! Close to the ssp. Corena from Colombia. The other ones look quite different.
http://www.scielo.org.co/img/revistas/bc...
http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/bccm/v14n2/...
Spotted on Jun 22, 2015
Submitted on Nov 12, 2017
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