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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: 567420
  Adult

Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
01/22/2024
Hugo Caverzasi
Foto
Photography ID: 336414
♂
  Adult

Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
06/11/2019
Patricio Mantinian
Foto
Photography ID: 308392
  Adult

Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
12/31/2018
Patricio Mantinian
Foto
Photography ID: 296714
  Adult

Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
11/06/2018
Patricio Mantinian
Foto
Photography ID: 269752
♂
  Adult

Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
05/10/2018
Patricio Mantinian



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
196261222/01/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva Natural Silvestre Parque Federal Campo San Juan, Santa AnaMiguel Ansenuza
196097722/01/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva Natural Silvestre Parque Federal Campo San Juan, Santa AnaPablo Capovilla
195872622/01/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva Natural Silvestre Parque Federal Campo San Juan, Santa AnaHugo Caverzasi
127416011/06/2019ArgentinaMisionesInmediaciones Arroyo Santa Ana, Santa AnaPatricio Mantinian
86300731/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesCercanías del arroyo Santa Ana, Santa AnaPatricio Mantinian
83401106/11/2018ArgentinaMisionesInmediaciones Arroyo Santa Ana, Santa AnaPatricio Mantinian
76675810/05/2018ArgentinaMisionesCercanías del arroyo Santa Ana, Santa AnaPatricio Mantinian
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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 24/09/2026.