Male

Female

esta hembra viene de Juanjuy (Peru), 600 m

 

wingspan : 34/35 mm


Caeruleuptychia trembathi, from 1100 to 1700 m, at Topo, Pomona, Pablo Sexto, Sardinayacu, 9 de Octubre and rio Tutamangosa.


we were not too sure about this female, the more so as she comes from Northern Peru, where trembathi is not supposed to fly ; but, thanks to Shinichi Nakahara, a DNA analysis confirmed it is trembathi female indeed.

Caeruleuptychia trembathi a Pablo Sexto
Caeruleuptychia trembathi al río Tutamangosa
Caeruleuptychia trembathi al río Tutamangosa

the shades of blue come from the lighting conditions

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