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Spot-banded Daggerwing

Marpesia merops

Description:

large, tailed butterfly, ventral view in photo 3

Habitat:

pacific coast rainforest

Notes:

One of the most amazing butterflies I spotted in San Cipriano forest reserve. I chased this butterfly around for a while to get these shots.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Spot-banded Daggerwing
Marpesia merops Marpesia merops (live adults, page 1)


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4 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Thanks nawangla.

nawangla bhutia
nawangla bhutia 11 years ago

wow never seen this beauty great catch

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Thanks Reza, looks like it to me. I'm guessing bayucca was the second to + for the ID suggestion.

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Kindly re-verify Id !

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Spotted on Jan 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 2, 2013

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