Argyrogrammana trochilia
Species of butterfly
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Argyrogrammana trochilia described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851 is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae[2] It is found in Colombia, Bolivia, Lower Amazon -Brazil and the Guianas.
| Argyrogrammana trochilia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Argyrogrammana |
| Species: | A. trochilia |
| Binomial name | |
| Argyrogrammana trochilia | |
Description
The male is of a brilliant sky-blue with black transverse stripes and a dark distal margin being finely filled up by orange. The female has 5 yellow stripes on a dark ground and a metallic line often reduced to tiny spots before the border. Under surface of both sexes striped like a zebra. On the Lower Amazon the species is not very rare.[3] images.
