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Dynamine postverta
This butterfly was landing on the other side of a steep ravine and I couldn't get close to it. It was medium sized, metallic silver-blue with dark spots. The underside of the wings was very different (pictures 2 and 3). It kept re-landing on the same leaf and always head down. Family Nymphalidae. The female is quite different: brown with white lines and spots: See: http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/post....
Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.
Thank you so much Martin. I was so frustrated that I couldn't get close to it. I was wishing I was Elasti-Girl (and not for the first time either!). I had never seen it before and am amazed how different the female is.
Spotted on Aug 20, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013
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