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Gold-spotted Aguna

Aguna asander asander

Description:

The wings of this Gold-spotted Aguna almost match the colours of the bugambilia flower.

Habitat:

Flowering plants.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Gold-spotted Aguna
Aguna asander asander Aguna a. asander (live adults)


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7 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Jill Black

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca for the correct ID and the link.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Autochton cellus has slightly different spots on the forewing. What do you think about Aguna asander?? In many pictures you will see a stronger white band as in yours, but there are also ones with more a "frosty" part than a band:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/billbouton/...
Please, verify!

JillBlack
JillBlack 11 years ago

Beautiful

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Reiko and Ali

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

Very Nice...

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Very beautiful.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 24, 2012
Submitted on Mar 6, 2013

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