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Tropical Leafwing

Anaea aidea

Description:

I only spotted it because it did open its wings.

Habitat:

Oak forest in a mountain range at 2,400 meters above sea level

2 Species ID Suggestions

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago
Spotless angelwing
Polygonia haroldi Polygonia haroldi (live adults)
bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Tropical Leafwing
Anaea aidea Anaea aidea (live adults, page 2)


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8 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 12 years ago

Thank you bayucca for the ID

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Polygonia has more falcated wings. It is Anaea aidea.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 12 years ago

Thank you Karen L, Leuba and Martinl for ID and comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

aaah another name !! - just when i was typing..

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

great he's got a name already !

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Anaea sp. (similar to Anaea clytemnestra). do you recall the color?

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

He sure does look like a dry leaf ! - good spotting ! I hope you find out what he's called..

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Beautiful!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Ojuelos, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 8, 2011
Submitted on Jan 30, 2012

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