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Identification Woes - _TNY_2113

Identifying butterflies after having photographed them can be fairly straightforward. But since thel like to mimic other species, cross-breed, have different colour-forms and whatnot, at other times it can be a bit frustrating.

 

Also, googling for answers isn't always that helpful as the identifications made in photos you find obviously have experienced the same issues so a lot of them are incorrect.

 

The orange-spotted tiger clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), aka the disturbed tigerwing, normally look like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52694548396/

 

After way to much looking, I believe this one to be the same species - but the subspecies isthmia.

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Uploaded on May 20, 2023
Taken on April 4, 2023