Lasaia agesilas
| Glittering sapphire | |
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| L. a. agesilas, Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Lasaia |
| Species: | L. agesilas |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, [1809]) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lasaia agesilas, known as the glittering sapphire, black-patch bluemark or Narses metalmark is a species of Lasaia metalmark butterfly in the family Riodinidae that is native to Central America and the north of South America. It ranges from Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, British Guiana, 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, Sao Paulo, Parana)
- L. a. callaina Clench, 1972 (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica)
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