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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 4, 2021 17:33:32 GMT -8
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 4, 2021 17:34:10 GMT -8
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Post by Paul K on Jan 4, 2021 17:41:27 GMT -8
It is Nessea aglaura, I picked one in Costa Rica, beautiful species.
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Post by Paul K on Jan 29, 2021 13:08:45 GMT -8
I just learned that this species is possibly the only butterfly that produce blue pigment and it is also one of the very rare occurrence in all life forms.
It’s interesting to have one really blue butterfly in collection 😉
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Post by leptraps on Jan 29, 2021 15:20:10 GMT -8
I do not know the species. However, the Green is absolutely stunning.
I only collect North American Lepidoptera. The only stunning green species is a Moth, Actias luna. The richness of the Green makes this Butterfly specimen, absolutely Stunning. A real knockout.
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Post by jshuey on Jan 30, 2021 7:53:06 GMT -8
This is a great species in Belize. The first time I encountered it, it was truly abundant. We were at Rio Bravo during the dry season, and these and Opsiphanes cassina overwhelmed our traps. Literally, 10's of bugs everyday in many traps. I was thinking it was a trash species!
That was an anomaly, and since then I've never seen it in those numbers again. First, I've avoided the dry season pretty effectively since then, plus, we sampled more and more in the wetter forests in the south. Over the last decade, we saw it irregularly enough that it became a thrill when we did! On most trips, we never saw this bug. Like I said - it's a great species.
John
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