Black-patch bluemark

Lasaia agesilas, the glittering sapphire, black-patch bluemark or Narses metalmark is a metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae). The species was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. It is native to Central America and the north of South America. It ranges from Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Argentina, to the Brazilian Amazon.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Black-patch bluemark being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Lasaia callaina
• Lasaia sula
• Lasaia arsis
• Lasaia peninsularis
• Lasaia maria

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Riodinidae

Genus

Lasaia

Species

Lasaia agesilas

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