SPECIES Doxocopa lavina + Anaea cyanea
ORIGIN Peru
FRAME 16.5x16.5xD5cm Made from recycled products.
DESCRIPTION AKA Turquoise Emperor. Brown edges highlighted with electric metallic blue colourings on this spectacular South American species. From the Nymphalidae family. They are most often seen when visiting wet muddy patches, or on the edges of small streams. They feed on rotting fruit, dung or carrion on the ground. Each scale has a ridged surface that refracts and reflects light in iridescent hues of blue, green and violet.
Anaea cyanea - Two tone metallic blue/violet colourations on this stunning Peruvian butterfly from the Nymphalidae family. Of all the metallic blues it has the most differential between dark and light at any given angle - very dramatic.
