Prepona laertes demodice ab. yurimaguas PERU

Description

Taxonomy Identification: Family Nymphalidae, Morphini. Sub-species identified by Godart in 1824.

Colour: Topside (recto) vivid blue internal patch with darker sheen, outer edge black. The underside (verso) is pale to dark grey with a black and pale orange patch on lower forewing margin. Hind-wings verso each have a grey-white patch with twin eye spots . The whole underside is cpvered in intricate black pencil-line patterns.

Size: Wingspan 90-100mm

Comments & Applications: Magnificent Shaded-blue leafwing butterfly. A seldom offered species. Highly collectable but also popular with the trade for butterfly framing, domes, artwork, photography, interior design and film

Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded, requires relaxing and setting

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