Lasaia agesilas
| Glittering sapphire | |
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| L. a. agesilas, Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Lasaia |
| Species: | L. agesilas
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| Binomial name | |
| Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, [1809])
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Lasaia agesilas, the glittering sapphire, black-patch bluemark or Narses metalmark is a metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae). The species was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. It is native to Central America and the north of South America. It ranges from Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Argentina, to the Brazilian Amazon.[1]
The top of the wings is metallic blue with black markings.
Subspecies
[edit]- L. a. agesilas (Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, British Guiana, Brazil: Amazonas)
- L. a. esmeralda Clench, 1972 (Paraguay, Brazil: Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Parana)
- L. a. callaina Clench, 1972 (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica)
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (June 13, 2015). "Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, [1809])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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- Riodinini
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- Butterflies described in 1809
- Butterflies of Central America
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- Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
- Lepidoptera of Venezuela
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Lepidoptera of Peru
- Lepidoptera of Ecuador
- Lepidoptera of Bolivia
- Lepidoptera of Guyana
- Lepidoptera of Argentina
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
- Fauna of Costa Rica
- Fauna of Panama
- Fauna of Guatemala
- Fauna of Honduras
- Fauna of El Salvador
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