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Metamorpha elissa elissa
kitefarrago

Metamorpha elissa elissa (Metamorpha elissa elissa)

I think this is an Adelpha species, but wasn't able to narrow it down further.

Thanks to firecrest15 for his continued education on South American butterflies. I've updated the meta data accordingly.
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Habitat
secondary forest
Location
Amazonia Lodge, Many NP, Madre de Dios, Peru
Date taken
09/08/2017
Scientific name
Metamorpha elissa elissa
Equipment used
Sony A77ii, 70-300G
firecrest15
Hi Andrea

No, not one of the Adelpha sisters, it's actually an Elissa Page Metamorpha elissa elissa . The slightly ragged trailing edge of the lower wing is the key fieldmark of this Nymphalidae group.
 

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