Guyanan Sarota

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Identification: The wings are dark brown on the upperside with brown fringe and no distinctive markings. They have a broad yellow submargin on the underside at the costa and termen of the forewings and at the termen of the hindwings. There is a thin black line on the inner side of this submarginal border and the remainder of the wings are iridescent silverish-blue with orangish-brown maze-like markings, with a few dark brown markings on some of the orangish-brown markings.

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Reported from: Kutari River (Region 6), Bartica (Region 7), Kaieteur (Region 8)