Red-headed Firetip

I’ve seen this one only one other time and just the top of wings then, which are a bright blue, while this folded wing view shows the underneath side of wings to be brown. He is the Red-headed Firetip, Pyrrhopyge zenodorus (linked to my gallery). Photographed yesterday across the street from where I live.

Red-headed Firetip, K’s Zinnia Garden, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Red-headed Firetip, K’s Zinnia Garden, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

And yeah, I know, the top of this one seems to be more brown than blue, so maybe one of nature’s exceptions. You can see a bright blue one in my gallery linked above. 🙂

¡Pura Vida!

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