Male

 

wingspan : 38/40 mm


Hübner was an entomologist, but essentially an artist, and he aptly gave these both dark and bright butterflies the elegant name of the ancient God of Light ; but times change, so do entomologists, and Mithras are now Paraspiculatus.


this one, found on the way up to 9 de Octubre, is P. cosmo (Pierre Boyer and Christophe Faynel).

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