Perisama vitringa ochreipennis A. Butler, 1873
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia, Central Andes; 2300 meters above sea level.
Perisama is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical Ecozone, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to Argentina.
The genus Perisama comprises 32 known species. They are medium-sized butterflies with blackish uppersides, marked with diagonal bands of turquoise or green on the forewings. Many species also have a band of the same colour around the hindwing margins. Perisama species are found mostly in the Andean cloudforests at altitudes between 1200-2400m.
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Perisama vitringa ochreipennis A. Butler, 1873
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia, Central Andes; 2300 meters above sea level.
Perisama is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical Ecozone, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to Argentina.
The genus Perisama comprises 32 known species. They are medium-sized butterflies with blackish uppersides, marked with diagonal bands of turquoise or green on the forewings. Many species also have a band of the same colour around the hindwing margins. Perisama species are found mostly in the Andean cloudforests at altitudes between 1200-2400m.
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