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Striped Sombermark, La Isla Escondida, Colombia Edit: species changed, this is the Striped Sombermark based on the striped antennae. <br />
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If you look past its beauty, it shows a very dominant male. Adults sit perched on leafs like this all day long, just to ambush other males. They&#039;ll battle them in flight, and then return to their ambush position. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Euselasia hahneli,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Striped Sombermark,World Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Striped Sombermark, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

Edit: species changed, this is the Striped Sombermark based on the striped antennae.

If you look past its beauty, it shows a very dominant male. Adults sit perched on leafs like this all day long, just to ambush other males. They'll battle them in flight, and then return to their ambush position.

    comments (3)

  1. Very cool! Your description does change my mind about this seemingly adorable Lep! Posted 6 years ago
  2. Wow! what a fierce little beauty! Posted 6 years ago
    1. Glad you like it :) Posted 6 years ago

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Euselasia hahneli, the Striped Sombermark, is a butterfly in the Metalmark family.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Nov 22, 2018. Captured Oct 17, 2018 08:33.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm