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Felix's Hairstreak butterfly
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Ventral view of a male Evenus felix specimen, otherwise know as felix's hairstreak butterfly, from Baños, Ecuador.
Part of the collection donated to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History by retired U.S. Marine Colonel Stanley S. Nicolay, who was known for his field research on the butterflies of Panama and Ecuador and for his taxonomic papers on Neotropical Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae. Nicolay, who was a longtime collaborator with Smithsonian engomologists, donated his collection of 42,000 specimens to the Museum.
Details
- Title: Felix's Hairstreak butterfly
- Location: Baños, Ecuador, South America
- Type: Insect
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- Scientific Name: <i>Evenus felix</i>
- Photo Credit: James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Entomology
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