The Angerona hairstreak or Bronze hairstreak Electrostrymon angerona Butterfly, on a Tridax daisy. The nuances of the oranges, blues, and mottled blacks are hard to untangle, but make for beautiful markings. You can see them blending on tge lower wings which are held closed. The upper wings has less markings. This Butterfly is found in Montserrat and Dominica, along with other islands in the lesser Antilles, where it is endemic. Cut to white #watercolour #illustration #sciart #naturalhistoryillustration #naturalscience #hairstreaks #electrostrymon #insectart #lepidoptera #nature

Up close detail of the Butterfly head and striped antennae, showing the butterflies palps, striped legs, abd beige wings. You can see individual disc florets on the Tridax

Detail of the outer edge of the folded wings showing patches of sky blue, burnt orange, and lines of white and black, alongside the distinctive elongate tail.

This is the Angerona #hairstreak or #Electrostrymon angerona Butterfly, on a Tridax daisy.

This Butterfly is found in Montserrat & is one of a series of illustrations completed for the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (Montserrat)

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