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Metalmark Butterfly

Calephelis sp.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Scintillant
Calephelis sp.


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Ignacio Gamboa
Ignacio Gamboa 12 years ago

Really?
Wow! That's very interesting, thanks for the info

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Riodinidae/Metalmark. Unfortunately this one will probably never have a closer ID than the genus. They are impossible to ID without the native specimen and even then tricky. Some of them got their names only at the beginning of this century (I guess due to enhanced and cheaper DNA tecniques). I have seen a similar one called "Hoary Scintillant, Calephelis sp.". I do not know what they meant about this "Hoary".

Ignacio Gamboa
Spotted by
Ignacio Gamboa

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 29, 2012
Submitted on Jan 29, 2012

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