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Anteros carausius

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Description:

Well i can wait i just spot this beauty in my kitchen only for a minute , is very small around 1.5 cm wingspan , i never seen a butterfly so beautiful, another spot of a life time, i still can believe it , Long white antennae beautiful red and gold color. hairy legs and head.

Habitat:

Tropical subtropical low land, From Mexico to East Colombia.

1 Species ID Suggestions

LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Metalmark Family Riodinidae

Anteros carausius Butterfly photography: Know the behavior: Riodinidae (metalmarks)

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23 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Lauren your right is a butterfly :)
Thanks J and Mayra :)

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Gorgeous find!

LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Yes so interesting the hairy legs! Not very common in a butterfly and it really did look more moth-like.

MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Amazing!

Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Jerry and Michele :)

MicheleMorbidelli 11 years ago

Well done!!

Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Leanne, Debbie and Dan :)

Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Amazing!

Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

Beautiful colours and amazing hairy legs!! Great spot Gerardo

LeanneGardner 11 years ago

That certainly is a beautiful moth Gerardo! It flew in just for you! :)

Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Adarsha :)

Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thats looks absolutely beautiful!
Wat a spotting Gerardo!

Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Lauren a butterfly wow is the first one i see whit hairy legs:)
Thanks Nuwan, Dyah, Cindy, Billo, Kaen S, Karen L, and Gilma

LaurenZarate 11 years ago

http://butterfliesofamerica.com/anteros_...
This site shows the upper side of your butterfly. Very beautiful find!

NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

looks like a Lycaenid butterfly....great find Gerardo!

DyahPitaloca 11 years ago

Beautiful!

CindyBinghamKeiser 11 years ago

Gorgeous!

LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Is this a moth? The antennae look like a butterfly. Gorgeous!

Billo-kun 11 years ago

Hermosa!!! :O

KarenSaxton 11 years ago

What a great spotting!

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman 11 years ago

What a gorgeous spotting, Gerardo Aizpuru, Lovely colorful Moth.

KarenL 11 years ago

Wow!

Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Todd !

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Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Mar 21, 2013
Submitted on Mar 21, 2013

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