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Apatura ilia
Blue and black butterfly,with a dark orange stripe along the border of the wings ,when the ligth change we can see metalic blue shades.
Spotted in a recent burned area of huge Pseudotsuga's where just the bush and little trees burn,the majority of big trees escape without damages.
Might have the word lesser but is certainly a beautiful specimen of this species.
Nice catch António. As you say, they sit still for such a short time. Glad you got a nice clear picture. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Neil,it was the first time i spott one of these,it was a very breaf encounter ,she just still for a few moments and desapear
Hi António! This is the smaller counterpart to the Purple Emperor. Together with the size here are two more differences: the forewing upper side's orange-ringed eye-spot of ilia, not present in iris, and orange tipped antennas for ilia, not iris.
Spotted on Jul 21, 2018
Submitted on Dec 27, 2018
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