A butterfly has been named in honour of Sir David Attenborough - the latest in a long line of newly discovered creatures to carry the TV naturalist’s moniker.
The beautiful black-eyed satyr - or Euptychia attenboroughi - is found in the remote Amazonian rainforests in a small 300 mile region extending into Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Scientists who described the insect, which is found at just a handful of sites, decided to dedicate it to Sir David, a multiple BAFTA-winner renowned for his BBC Life series and a host of other nature programmes.
Butterfly expert Andrew Neild, of London’s Natural History Museum, said: “Although we are a large team from several countries from across four continents and speaking different languages we have all been deeply influenced and inspired by Sir David’s fascinating and informative documentaries.”
The butterfly is the first to be named after Sir David - who is also president of Butterfly Conservation.
It has eight bright eyes spots - used for scaring away prey - and looks quite different from other species in its taxonomic group. The peculiar patterns initially led the researchers to think the species could be even a new genus, until DNA tests confirmed otherwise.
The butterfly is so rare it’s only known to inhabit areas within 310 miles (500 km) of each other in the north-west of the upper Amazon basin.
Mr Neild added: “Other animals and plants have previously been dedicated to Sir David but it makes us happy and proud to be the first to dedicate a butterfly species in his name.”
In July an African lizard Platysaurus attenboroughi was named after the naturalist.
Other species named after Sir David include the Ctenocheloides attenboroughi, a Madagascan ghost shrimp, Nepenthes attenboroughii, a pitcher plant found from the Philippines and the Trigonopterus attenboroughii, a flightless weevil from Indonesia.