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Belt's Myscelus Butterfly

Myscelus belti

Description:

Reddish/brown/orange, small windows in the wings sometimes see-thru other times iridescent, underside yellow and grey, body a bit thick with black stripes on cream color, bright orange near the wings, the antenas had a spoon like at the ends. Butterfly/Moth!? I spotted it in the morning.

Habitat:

1,244 Meters above sea level. Lat. 10.03 Long. -84.29

Notes:

First time for me to see one of this kind. Beautiful creature.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Belt's Myscelus
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4 Comments

Thank you alicelongmartin.

Thank you for the ID bayucca, and for liking the spotting.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Hesperiidae, Pyrrhopyginae, Myscelus belti. Wonderful one!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Beautiful Series!

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 12, 2012
Submitted on Sep 12, 2012

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