Esmeralda longtail
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Identification: Tailed butterfly with brown wings and light brown fringe. The upperside of the body, forewing bases and all of the hindwings except the margins have an iridescent green tint. The forewings have a central oblique transparent band with one transparent spot adjacent to this band, and three smaller subapical transparent spots. The hindwings have a faint black band and three black postbasal spots on the underside.
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Larval food plant: Centrosema macrocarpum, Centrosema plumieri, Centrosema pubescens, Centrosema sagittatum (Warren et al., 2013)
Adult food: Flower nectar of Ageratum
Reported from: Guyana (specific locality not available)