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Mountain Greenstreak in my garden

La Ceja, Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.

 

Cyanophrys longula (Mountain Greenstreak)

 

There are 17 Cyanophrys species, found variously from Mexico to Paraguay. All have metallic green undersides, marked with a row of white dots on the hindwing. All species possess a filamentous tail, but this is usually lost on examples that have been flying for more than a couple of days.

 

Cyanophrys longula is distributed from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.

 

This butterfly is found in cloudforest habitats at elevations between about 1400-2400m.

 

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Uploaded on December 27, 2022
Taken on May 13, 2018