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Lasaia agesilas

Lasaia agesilas

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Family: Riodinidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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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.

The top of the wings is metallic blue with black markings.

Subspecies: 
  • 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)

Source: Wikipedia, article Lasaia agesilas. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 15/07/2026.





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Foto
Photography ID: 652979
 
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/09/2025
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 652978
 
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/09/2025
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 652977
 
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/09/2025
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 485385
  Adult

Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/01/2022
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 470661
  Adult

Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/27/2021
Facundo Quintela



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236674009/09/2025ArgentinaMisionesCataratas, Puerto IguazúAdrian Braidotti
155667601/03/2022ArgentinaMisionesObservatorio de Aves Daniel Pupi Somay, Puerto IguazúSilvia Sokolovsky
149287927/10/2021ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto IguazúFacundo Quintela
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Lasaia agesilas – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 23/09/2026.