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Hypanartia trimaculata autumna
Identified by: Bayucca
I just noticed that I was talking about butterflies from Chile, when I saw that your beauty is a Tico!!
I was soo stupid! Hypanartia trimaculata autumna, the Central American type of Hypanartia kefersteini.
If you look at the scalopped/falcated forewings there are indeed some similarities between Hypanartia and Vanessa. And even in within the Hypanartia genus there are different ones with different wing shapes and w/o tails. This ine is definitely a Hypanartia sp. I was obviously a fool about looking for Chile since it is a real Tico one!!
Hypanartia sp., Mapwing. Thought an easy one, but it is definitely not! There are different species around. Chile is not a common covered area in the literature. I have to go a little bit deeper for this one. It looks like Hypanartia kefersteini, which is very common, but usually not so far south. I have some slight doubts it is not Kefersteini. I'll keep an eye on it... Wonderful capture!!