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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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Description


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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Photography ID: 356489
  Adult

Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/21/2019
Sergio Cusano
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Photography ID: 224018
♂
  Adult

Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/16/2017
Diego Trillo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
111038721/09/2019ArgentinaMisionesEstación Garganta del Diablo, Parque Nacional IguazúSergio Cusano
63068216/10/2017ArgentinaMisionesEstación Garganta del Diablo, Parque Nacional IguazúDiego Trillo
51293924/11/2016ArgentinaMisionesEstación Garganta del Diablo, Parque Nacional IguazúGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
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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 29/09/2026.