Heraclides torquatus

Heraclides torquatus

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)

Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Heraclides anchisiades)

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Heraclides anchisiades)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Rothschild’s Swordtail (Protesilaus earis)

Rothschild’s Swordtail (Protesilaus earis)

The different species of Protesilaus can be difficult to identify, but if you think of the thick black bars on the forewing as a barcode, you actually have a…


Golden-mantled Tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus)

Golden-mantled Tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus)

This monkey has inspired the Anangu Quichua community, as this is the logo of Napo Wildlife Center! They are quite small - up to 24 cm/9.4 inches from nose to…


Napo Wildlife Center Lepidoptera 09

Kite Swallowtail (Protesilaus macrosilaus)

Large and very striking butterfly. Should be easy to identify one might think, but as allways there are many species with minute variations. I notice there is…


Tandayapa Lepidoptera 27

Phrygionis polita

Once again a moth with nature's own Henna paint. It seems like metallic paint, as it's elevated from the rest of the wing surface. 0.002500,…


Ello Sphinx (Erinnyis ello)

Ello Sphinx (Erinnyis ello)

Most of the daytime (diurnal) butterflies were either hard to get close to, were restlessly fluttering around never to settle down more than a blink of an eye,…