#riodinidae

[herpsandbirds]

Gyas Jewelmark or Gyas Sarota Metalmark (Sarota gyas), family Riodonidae, Peru

photograph by Nick Volpe

[crevicedwelling]

this little butterfly is Sarota acantus, a fingernail-sized work of art found in Central and South America. you can tell this one is a female since she’s walking on all six legs—male metalmarks have a greatly reduced first pair!

[lupineshieldmaiden]

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[snototter]

A blue metalmark butterfly (Lasaia sula) in Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

[morgansram]

Line of lepidoptera X

Echo Azure • Common tit • Tamil oakblue • Red admiral • Tulip-tree Silkmoth • Arizona hairstreak • Spicebush swallowtail • Purple-brown Hairstreak • Clouded yellow • Mazarine blue • Arizona red-spotted purple • Eastern giant swallowtail • Mormon metalmark

[overdoso]

A beleza verdejante de uma Caria mantinea lampeto, família Riodinidae, Colômbia

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