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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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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237640019/10/202512:12ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú2Gustavo Fernando Durán
237634619/10/202509:41ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
230203001/06/202514:46ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú4Gustavo Fernando Durán
203880230/05/2024ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
203877930/05/2024ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú2Gustavo Fernando Durán
51098627/11/2016ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
36256930/10/2015ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
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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 11/10/2026.