2 Dec 2014
Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)
Another species in the Adelpha genus! Some are very hard to identify as the patterns look very similar, but this thoasa sister (Adelpha thoasa) is of the easy…
25 Nov 2013
Actinocephalus polyanthus
The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia National Park is blocked by the park entrance, and even though you can drive to the…
24 Nov 2013
Eriocaulon majusculum
Altitude: 2460 metres. Native range of eriocaulon majusculum is southeastern Brazil.
24 Nov 2013
Eriocaulon majusculum
Altitude: 2460 metres. Native range of eriocaulon majusculum is southeastern Brazil.
24 Nov 2013
Paepalanthus itatiaiensis
Native range of paepalanthus itatiaiensis is southeastern Brazil. Altitude: 2460 metres.
24 Nov 2013
Paepalanthus itatiaiensis
Paepalanthus itatiaiensis grows in the soggiest parts in Itatiaia. Altitude: 2460 metres. Native range is southeastern Brazil.
19 Nov 2013
Orsilochus Daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus)
This orsilochus daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus) was seemingly quite territorial, as I found it either on the ground or on the vegetation in the same area…
26 Nov 2012
Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)
The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…
25 Nov 2012
Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)
Identifying the Adelphas is not easy, and in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park they are so plentiful that your analytical skills are really put to the test.…
25 Nov 2012
Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)
The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…