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Anteros carausius
This colorful little Metalmark butterfly landed on top of a leaf next to me, then proceeded to walk all around on the branches under the leaves. What a nice surprise to see!
Spotted on Oct 15, 2013
Submitted on Oct 21, 2013
28 Comments (1–25)
Thanks for the nice comments. It has an appropriate name "Jewelmark".
wow.. it's beautiful !!
Fabulous...Cheers !
Thanks everyone! I was very excited to be lucky enough to find this great little butterfly.
congratz...it is sooo beautiful...
Congrats Tom!Nice!!!!
Beautiful congrats :)
congratulations!
Congrats Tom!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Very nice.
Congratulations, Tom!
Beautiful!! Congratulations, Tom!
Congratulations Tom, a really lovely butterfly.
Congrats, Tom! Love the wing pattern and how fuzzy the body is :)
Congrats Tom, this beauty has earned you spotting of the day honors!
The spectacularly colorful carousing jewelmark butterfly from Mexico is spotting of the day!
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Fabulous!
Thanks for all the nice comments! I had seen a picture of this butterfly in a book, but never thought I'd see the butterfly myself.
:3 wow!
Beautiful butterfly.
Awesome!! Butterfly wings, moth legs. Quite interesting. Great spotting!
So much color !
Beautiful!
Thanks for the nice comments. This butterfly was small, about the size of dime.
Captivating art on the wings!