4 Dec 2014
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
A truly amazing butterfly, and as I recall the only one of the species I encountered here at SouthWild Pantanal. Here it's visiting a plant growing alongside…
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 of the easy ones.
19 Nov 2013
Orsilochus Daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus)
This individual was seemingly quite territorial, as I found it either on the ground or on the vegetation in the same area every day - just where the lower path…
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…
25 Nov 2012
Adelpha sp
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…
25 Nov 2011
Giant glasswing (Methona confusa)
Thanks to Kim Garwood for identification! Ecuador-0.048717,-78.775198
25 Nov 2011
Clearwing (Greta genus)
Thanks to Kim Garwood for helping in identification! Ecuador-0.048717,-78.775198
25 Nov 2011
Menapis Tigerwing (Mechanitis menapis mantineus)
Thanks to Kim Garwood for identification! Ecuador-0.048717,-78.775198