Rainbow metalmark (Caria trochilus)

The Caria butterflies are perhaps the most beautiful of all! The colors, patterns and how they are in different angles and light is just mesmerizing, and I guess reason for some to get hooked on butterflies for the rest of their lives!

I never got the chance to photograph this species in direct sunlight, which is the light in which all the colors are really visible, but what’s seen here is a hint nonetheless.

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Last updated on 20 January 2013