Pyrops candelaria vitrine
Five specimen of Pyrops candelaria displayed in a glass vitrine, from Thailand.
This beautiful and very peculiar species are not a butterfly, they belong to the Cicada group - its long proboscis make it unforgetable, and they use it to feed from the plant sap: including longan and lychee trees (Sapindaceae), among others.
Its long, slender proboscis is used to pierce tree bark to reach the phloem.
One of a kind handmade piece!