Blushing Phantom
Cithaerias pireta
Description:
Lacks wing scales almost entirely, revealing the transparent membrane of the wings.
Habitat:
pacific coast rainforest
Notes:
San Cipriano forest reserve.
Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Spotted on Jan 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 2, 2013
30 Comments (1–25)
Thanks Greg!
Very nice!
Thanks Karen, patty and outside girl, sorry for the late response.
l love it:)
AmAzInG butterfly and series Dan! Beautiful =)
Breathless!
Thank you Rieko, Mayra and Gerardo!
Wow extraordinary find and series :)
WOW!!!!! Wonderful!
Red wing looks like glowing.
Thanks Ajwerko, Antonio and Gilma.
Gorgeous Butterfly!! Fantastic pictures. Thank you for sharing, dandoucette.
Gorgeous acpture Dan,wow,that's realy a beauty,congrats and thanks for sharing such an amazing spotting page
Wonderful series! Great job!!
Thanks Kat, Dafnel and Neil. It was tough to choose the first photo for this one. I like them all so much.
Marvelous Dan!! I like that 3rd photo the best with the colorful background.
Wonderful!!!
The "eye" is how it protects itself because it's predators think it's another animal bigger than them and leave it alone.
Thanks so much everyone. I'm glad I was right with my ID, thanks for confirmation Fyn and bayucca.
Love this spotting
Yes, Pireta, Blushing Phantom.
Really nice!
Wow, a real beauty!
Very VERY beautiful!
Wow!