Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: sheltering from the rain, 1 by johnpeten

johnpeten wrote:
That was very smart of you to find that old drawing in the Smithsonian Archives. That certainly is the butterfly. I have searched all the lists of this familly and sub families. I think it must have been re-classified and the genus changed.
The drawings in the SI must be from the late 1800s judging by the typeface of the printing.
6000 species that is a lot of brushfooted butterflies but not all are true brush foots.
I notice in my photo it is possible to see the non operating fore leg.

Eubagis Glauce