''Lasaia sula'', the blue metalmark, is a species of
butterfly in the family
Riodinidae that is native to North America. It ranges from the Lower
Rio Grande Valley of
Texas in the United States south to
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
and inhabits
subtropical
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forests, forest edges, and
agricultural
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areas.
The top of the wings is metallic blue while the undersides are checker spotted and grayish brown. The wingspan is .
Caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
s feed on ''
Albizia'' species.
References
Riodinini
Butterflies described in 1888
Butterflies of Central America
Lepidoptera of Mexico
Butterflies of North America
Fauna of the Rio Grande valleys
Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
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