Clearwing butterfly feeding - closeup, Santa María, Colombia

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comments (5)

RMFelix

Lion

What a feast for a photographer! Beautiful specimen, cheers! Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I used to think of clearwings as such unique creatures as if it is a single species. I now learned Colombia alone has dozens of very similar looking species. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    After the photo records, the headaches... I have the same disease ;D Posted 8 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

It looks like this could be an Ithomia terra.
http://neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/Nymphalidae_Pages/Ithomiinae/Nape_ith_Ole_Gody/Pages/Ithomia_terra.html
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Andes%20-%20Ithomia%20terra.htm
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ithomia_terra_vulcana_live1.htm Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  That is so cool that you persisted in finding it, thanks a lot! Posted 8 years ago