Biology:Lasaia agesilas

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Glittering sapphire
Glittering sapphire (Lasaia agesilas agesilas).jpg
L. a. agesilas, Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil
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L. agesilas
Binomial name
Lasaia agesilas
(Latreille, [1809])
Synonyms
  • Erycina agesilas Latreille, [1809]
  • Lasaia narses Staudinger, 1888

Lasaia agesilas, the glittering sapphire, black-patch bluemark or Narses metalmark is a metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae). The species was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. It is native to Central America and the north of South America. It ranges from Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Argentina , to the Brazilian Amazon.[1]

The top of the wings is metallic blue with black markings.

Subspecies

  • L. a. agesilas (Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, British Guiana, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • L. a. esmeralda Clench, 1972 (Paraguay, Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Parana)
  • L. a. callaina Clench, 1972 (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2321231 entry