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Metalmark butterfly

Stichelia bocchoris

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Stichelia bocchoris Stichelia bocchoris thumbnails


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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Sounds good! And tell him, if he has some interesting links I would be very interested in. During the last months I was a little bit more careful with IDs as in the beginning on flickr. Before I was probably too enthousiastic. And I stop looking further when I did not find a hint in 5 min. OK, there are some of for example yours which I will ID once. Look at species from Ecuador and Colombia, there are species I never heard of and tons of non-identified bugs. and I think Brazil is about the same. And sometimes a little ID-fight is very exciting (at least when it is not 1:10)...

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Ok, let me clear it: Panara was a sugestion from the entomologist, right? So, I am taking Stichelia, as you sugested, untill I can talk to him, because your sugestion seems better than his one. More on this matter later.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

I thought that was the ID from your entomologist?

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Well, I don't have to explain anything, I barely know it is a butterfly ( I never concealed my ignorance ). And Ivo's picture is clearly similar to mine. So, I still put my money on you. I'll keep the old ID, and I'll take it to that entomologist tomorrow, and hear what he has to say about it. :-)

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

And that's "my" Stichelia, assuming that Ivo's ID is correct, what I think it is.
http://borboletaskmariposas.blogspot.com...

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

That's what I found about Panara:
http://www.google.ch/search?q=Panara+soa...

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Disagree! I checked Panara soana, at least what I found on the net (BOA still out!), so I had to check with thumbnails. You have to explain me the missing red collar and white margin in Panara soana.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Family Riodinidae, Panara soana (Hewitson, 1857).

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Thank you, bayucca. I fixed it already.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

That's a fantastic spotting!! Riodinidae/Metalmark. Unfortunately you can't see the beautiful orange necklace in the old pictures in the link. But you can trust my ID ;-)...

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Jan 1, 2012

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