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Leafwing Superb

Fountainea nessus

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bayucca 11 years ago

Superb Leafwing

Fountainea nessus Butterflies of Amazonia - Fountainea nessus

Ashish 11 years ago

Pink and Purple Butterfly

Anaea nessus Nymphalidae Butterfly (Anaea nessus) | Visuals Unlimited

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10 Comments

bayucca 11 years ago

It should be Superb Leafwing.

Jeannette 11 years ago

Very beautiful :)

rutasandinas 11 years ago

Wow felicidades que bella

IvanRaga 11 years ago

Gracias!

bayucca 11 years ago

Anaea is the older name.

bayucca 11 years ago

Look at the ventral shot! Perfect camouflage if it is "sitting" on the ground taking feeding minerals etc. Must be a big surprise for any bird if it opens the wings!

Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

I agree with Viv- who would think of these combinations and yet, it's suberb. just a few touches of pink and blue...wonderful spotting!. Thanks for sharing this Ivan.

VivBraznell 11 years ago

Superb indeed! Most unusual colours

bayucca 11 years ago

Nymphalidae, Charaxinae (Leafwings), Fountainea nessus. Very nice one!
http://tolweb.org/Fountainea_nessus

OnengDyah 11 years ago

Beautiful...

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Spotted by
IvanRaga

Armenia, Quindío, Colombia

Spotted on May 28, 2012
Submitted on May 28, 2012

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