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Leaf insect, Ecuador (1 Viewer)
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Andy Adcock
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Not a Leaf Insect, a moth of some kind.
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RafaelMatias
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It's a (day-flying) butterfly, a Nymphalid, possibly in genus Anaea or a related taxon to that.
Andy Adcock
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RafaelMatias
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Eheheh... well they're all Lepidoptera, both moths and butterflies, the division is a bit arbitrary/artificial between moths and butterflies (what I really meant was that it wasn't a moth...
). However, there are indeed night time flying "true butterflies" (Rhopalocera), mainly in family Hedylidae, but also some Nymphalids (e.g. genus Brassolis, are crepuscular and also nocturnal). Here's a short note on some Panamanian species for example: http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/publications/PDFs/Aiello Nocturnal butterflies .pdf
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