Andean Silverspot

Dione glycera · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Andean Silverspot
Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA

The Andean silverspot is a butterfly species. It occurs in Peru, Venezuela and Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The Andean silverspot is a butterfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in Peru, Venezuela and Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes Peru, Venezuela and Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Colorado.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

More photos

Andean Silverspot photo 3
Photo: ajott, CC BY
Andean Silverspot photo 4
Photo: ajott, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dione_glycera

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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