TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda (Jointed Legged Animals)
Class: Insecta (head, usually with two antennae. The thorax, has six legs and usually four wings. The abdomen, is used for breathing and reproduction.)
Order: Lepidoptera (most butterflies and moths)
Family: Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily: Brassolidae (owl butterflies and relatives)

Genus/species: Eryphanis automedon

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: In males the dorsal sides of the wings show night blue iridescent patches, with well-defined borders separating the non-iridescent sections. (see eol.org/pages/149554/details) The bottom side or Ventral sides vary from faded brown to caramel color, with eyespots.

wing underside

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DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: E. automedon is present from Venezuela to the Guiana’s and Brazil and from Colombia to Paraguay, Found in rainforest and humid deciduous forest,

emerging from the chrysalis

 

References 

California Academy of Sciences Rainforest 2017

Ron’s flickr  https://www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/4184513701/in/album-72157608449327886/

Ron’s WordPress shortlink http://wp.me/p1DZ4b-1vw

EOL eol.org/pages/149554/details

ADW animaldiversity.org/accounts/Eryphanis_automedon/classifi…

breedingbutterflies.com  breedingbutterflies.com/eryphanis-sp-purple-mort-blue/