Life On A Leaf
This little beauty is, I think, the Calisto obscura, a very small butterfly with a forewing length of just16-20mm and one of 28 species of Calisto which are endemic to Hispaniola, an island in the Caribbean which is shared by the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. There are 44 species of Calisto in total and they are all only found on the islands of the Caribbean, the 16 other species are endemic to other islands. Seen in a sheltered area, on land near our hotel in Costa Dorada, Dominican Republic, I followed this little one for a few minutes until amazingly, and luckily for me, it finally came to rest perfectly on a dead leaf, allowing me to snatch a couple of shots before fluttering away again.
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Life On A Leaf
This little beauty is, I think, the Calisto obscura, a very small butterfly with a forewing length of just16-20mm and one of 28 species of Calisto which are endemic to Hispaniola, an island in the Caribbean which is shared by the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. There are 44 species of Calisto in total and they are all only found on the islands of the Caribbean, the 16 other species are endemic to other islands. Seen in a sheltered area, on land near our hotel in Costa Dorada, Dominican Republic, I followed this little one for a few minutes until amazingly, and luckily for me, it finally came to rest perfectly on a dead leaf, allowing me to snatch a couple of shots before fluttering away again.
This Picture is fully © Copyrighted.
None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.