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Melanis pixe
The Red-bordered pixie is a black butterfly with red spots and yellow-tipped wings. Wingspan about 40 mm. Pic 4 shows the underside of wings and partial body.
Spotted feeding on lantana and fiddlewood at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas.
Found from LRGV of south Texas to Costa Rica.
Spotted on Nov 11, 2020
Submitted on Dec 11, 2020
2 Comments
Thank you, Ingrid3.
Absolutely beautiful!