Tithian Sailor (Dynamine tithia [Huebner])
Wing span: 1 1/8 - 1 5/16 inches (2.9 - 3.3 cm).
Identification: Male is iridescent greenish blue above, while female is blue-green with white patch near lower corner of forewing. Below the hindwing is satiny white with red-brown lines.
Life history: Unknown.
Flight: All through the year in the tropics.
Caterpillar hosts: Probably Deschampia species in Euphorbia family.
Adult food: Bird droppings, sap flows, and fermenting fruit.
Habitat: Tropical forests.
Range: Columbia and Venezuela south to Argentina and Paraguay. May have strayed once to West Texas, but identity is uncertain.
