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Florida Purplewing

Eunica tatila bellaria

Description:

Forewings: violet o purple with white spots. Hindwings: like brownish velvet without spots.

Notes:

Possibly Eunica.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Florida Purplewing
Eunica tatila bellaria Eunica tatila bellaria Fruhstorfer, 1908


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5 Comments

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

I agree Daniela. E. cuvierii is lovely basing on its image in the link. Hope you see one also :)

DB
DB 11 years ago

Thank you Bayucca for the ID!

Thank you Agnes! You know, I have liked to see an Eunica cuvierii. Nice butterfly! Don´t you think?

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

I believe you are correct bayucca - http://butterfliesofamerica.com/eunica_t....

I followed Daniela's lead in her note where she mentioned Eunica as a possibility. Checking further now, distribution range is off for cuvierii, I did not find Argentina in its range.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Tricky one! Good guess for Eunica, Agnes! I don't think it is Cuvieri. My closest guess would be Eunica tatila and in this case Eunica tatila bellaria. Once more an example where the subspecies' look all quite different and you still have the variation between female/male and light angulation to see or not see the blue parts. And the perspective here is also difficult.
Agnes, please, check my link and tell me what you think...

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Maybe a male Eunica cuvierii (Cuvier's Purplewing)?? - http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Ama....

DB
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Salta, Salta, Argentina

Spotted on Jan 3, 2013
Submitted on Jan 8, 2013

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