I'm finally getting organised with my Venezuelan videos and images. This was the most beautiful butterfly I saw on the trip. I think it's a Blue Doctor (Rhetus periander) though the white tips don't appear on the other images I've seen. It could be a Dyson's Swordtail (Rhetus dysoni).
I've posted up images on the neotropical butterfly forum, so should have a definitive answer soon.
This is a still from the video:

And this is the best of the photos, though no photo can do justice to the intensity of the electric blue of the original. Anyone who's seen a kingfisher with the sun on its back will know what I'm talking about.

And the video. For busy 4AoSers, the close up shots are at 1.20
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