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Red Flasher
Stanley Jones

Red Flasher (Panacea prola)

Red Flasher (Panacea prola: Nyphalidae) Wingspan 6.5-75 cm (2.6-3.0 in). The Red Flasher gets it name because the underside of the hindwing is red without any markings. Cabaas Yankuam, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Landscaped lodge grounds mixed with montane rainforest along the foothills of Cordillera del Condor and adjacent to Ro Nangaritza at 861 m (2,817 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Landscaped lodge grounds mixed with montane rainforest along the foothills of Cordillera del Condor and adjacent to Ro Nangaritza at 861 m (2,817 ft) elevation.
Location
Cabaas Yankuam, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador.
Date taken
November 2014
Scientific name
Panacea prola
Equipment used
Canon
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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A right stunner that Stanley.

Thanks so much for getting a picture of him.
 
Doc Duck
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Ah, ok, so it flashes red from the underwing when it flies. If you hadn't mentioned that, I'd have guessed it got its name because whoever named it was colorblind ;)
 

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