Violet-washed Eyed-Metalmark

Mesosemia telegone telegone

Mesosemia telegone telegone, sometimes called the Telegone Metalmark or the Violet-washed Eyed-Metalmark, is a butterfly from the family Riodinidae. It ranges from SE Mexico to Colombia. It was described by the French lepidopterist Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval in 1836.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyRiodinidae
GenusMesosemia
SpeciesMesosemia telegone telegone
Photographed in
Costa Rica