23 Nov 2012
Heliconius sp
This was my farwell to Chalalan, and even though it was raining some butterflies were out feeding on urine or naturally occuring salts. Please help me identify…
22 Nov 2012
Great Orange tip (Anteos menippe)
Sometimes you can see quite large gatherings of this species on the riverbanks, and urine is particularly irresistible.
21 Nov 2012
Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron)
A large and quite common butterfly on the riverbanks of Madidi.
21 Nov 2012
Periander Metalmark (Rhetus periander)
On all the riverbanks you'll see many different species of butterflies and bees, licking salts - either from human and mammal urine, or the natural occurring…