Amber Phantom (Haetera piera (Linnaeus , 1758))
Scientific name: Haetera piera (Linnaeus , 1758)
Common name: Amber Phantom
French name: Papillon de cristal ambré
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Rhopalocera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Wingspan: 36-40 mm.
Biotope: Tropical rainforest.
Geographic area: Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia.
Flight time: All year round.
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Haetera piera has transparent wings with brown veins.
The hind wings bears two black eyespots, circled with orange and brown and pupiled with white, one close to the apex and the other one near the anal angle.
The hind wings are tinted with some amber colour starting from the median area.
Haetera macleannania which is found further north, from Costa Rica to Colombia, has its hind wings tinted with some reddish colour.

Amber Phantom (Haetera piera) - French Guiana, France - March 11th 2012
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Amber Phantom (Haetera piera)
I have shot this picture in Saül while walking along the Roche Bateau footpath.

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