Lasaia agesilas

Glittering sapphire
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
  • Erycina agesilas Latreille, [1809]
  • Lasaia narses Staudinger, 1888

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.

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