Doxocopa

[daveuk]

Doxocopa zunilda female forms from Peru & Brazil
Doxocopa laurentia pair from Brazil
Doxocopa cherubina male from Peru

[daveuk]

Doxocopa laure. Mexico. Pair recto & verso & male showing purple reflections

[livingplanet3]

Doxocopa zunilda female forms from Peru & Brazil
Doxocopa laurentia pair from Brazil
Doxocopa cherubina male from Peru...

Very nice! Here's a photo of D. cyane, commonly known as the Mexican emperor (although its range extends as far south as Argentina) -


https://www.flickr.com/photos/76033499@N00/15680390838/

[livingplanet3]

Doxocopa laure. Mexico. Pair recto & verso & male showing purple reflections...

This species is occasionally seen in far southern TX -

https://bugguide.net/node/view/31902

[daveuk]

Doxocopa zunilda female forms from Peru & Brazil
Doxocopa laurentia pair from Brazil
Doxocopa cherubina male from Peru...

Very nice! Here's a photo of D. cyane, commonly known as the Mexican emperor (although its range extends as far south as Argentina) -


https://www.flickr.com/photos/76033499@N00/15680390838/

Sorry not worked out how to do these "quotes" properly. That's a lovely picture of D cyane. Also have that in my collection. Your photo shows off well one of the more beautiful characteristics of this genus. The wonderful jade green proboscis. Couple of pictures I took with my phone of a pristine D agathina vacuna feeding from sweat on my hand at Iguazu falls, Misiones, Argentina in August 2018.

[daveuk]

Three old specimens dating from the 1980's of Doxocopa lavinia. Top two pictures are form ornata from Peru & Ecuador & the bottom is form chlorotaenia from Peru