Epiphile epimenes, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia

No luck ID-ing this one yet. It has a very vibrant morpho-like blue, combined with orange marks on black. I'm thinking it may be a leafwing (Charaxinae).

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Christine Young

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Wow!! The blue is so pretty <3

Epiphile epimenes? Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Incredible! How did you find it? Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
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    I did a google image search for "Charaxinae Colombia", scrolled a bit, and bam! Impressive, right?! Hehe ;P Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
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      Pffff. I browsed through all of learnaboutbutterflies, then parsed galleries from inat, nothing. Yes, not overthinking is impressive! Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
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        Ha! Sorry you did so much work! ...I'm laughing with you, not at you, I promise ;). Sometimes simple works. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
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        Agreed :) Posted 6 years ago

Barry

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Great posing against the binoculars, would make a great field guide picture. Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Hehe, thanks :) Posted 6 years ago