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Cephus Blue Ringlet

Cepheuptychia cephus

Description:

stunning blue butterfly

Habitat:

amazon

Notes:

I spotted this in Tupana Aru reserve.

1 Species ID Suggestions

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago
Cephus Blue Ringlet
Cepheuptychia cephus Cepheuptychia cephus (pinned specimens)


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11 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks for the ID gator, glad to see this get a name and such a cool name. It was one my favorite butterflies I spotted in Colombia.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks a lot outsidegirl and dotun, I was thinking the same thing.

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 10 years ago

what a beauty!

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

This is exotic. Marvelous! Never imagined eye-spotted butterflies with base color other than brown as applicable in the Bush Browns.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks Adarsha and bherath.

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

wow beautiful...

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Very beautiful butterfly :)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks hardy, Mona and LandmarkExpert.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

breathtaking!

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Beautiful..

hardy.backyardgeo
hardy.backyardgeo 10 years ago

nice subtle color :)

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Loreto, Peru

Spotted on Dec 8, 2012
Submitted on Jul 27, 2013

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