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Blue Flasher

Astraptes fulgerator

Spotting Image 1

Notes:

The metallic blue spot in this butterfly is so shiny that it was terribly hard to set up the camera.

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Rubens Araujo
Rubens Araujo 12 years ago
Blue Flasher
Astraptes fulgerator Astraptes fulgerator


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auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Very nice. Would you venture a guess on this skipper being the same?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/864...

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Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Rubens, obrigado pela identidade. FluffBerger and Karen, thank you.

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KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Interesting! This looks a lot like a long-tailed skipper - without the tails!

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Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Thank you Gerardo.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Grate spot!

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Sergio Monteiro
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Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Feb 21, 2012
Submitted on Feb 21, 2012

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