Butterflies of Amazon & Andes

Butterflies of Amazon & Andes

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A gallery of photographs taken by Adrian Hoskins

Photographs taken in Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru.

On this and the next 2 pages you will find almost 300 images depicting a small but representative selection of butterflies found in the Amazon and Andes. Clicking on any image takes you to a page dedicated to that species, describing it's lifecycle and behaviour. Photographs and articles about additional species can be accessed via the alphabetic Species Index.


Temenis laothoe	Caria mantinea	Rhetus periander

Adelpha mesentina	Hypoleria lavinia	Marpesia petreus

Adelpha erotia	Philaethria dido	Lasaia agesilas

Asterope leprieuri	Catonephele acontius	Polythrix octomaculata

Anteos menippe	Batesia hypochlora	Adelpha jordani

Caeruleuptychia helios	Cithaerias phantoma	Hamadryas laodamia

Callicore cynosura	Nymphidium caricae	Eurybia molochina

Dynamine gisella	Amarynthis meneria	Hamadryas feronia

Panacea prola	Jemadia hewitsoni	Pseudodebis valentina

Synargis orestessa	Tithorea harmonia	Protesilaus earis

Perrhybris pamela	Parides sesostris	Eurema xantochlora

Baeotus beotus

Tigridia acesta	Heliconius erato	Taygetis sylvia

Anastrus neaeris	Callicore eunomia	Archaeoprepona amphimachus

Oleria onega	Parcella amarynthina	Panacea regina

Battus crassus	Eresia nauplius	Metacharis lucius

Colobura dirce	Caria sponsa	Chloreuptychia marica

Nessaea batesii	Methona confusa	Mylon maimon

Achlyodes busirus	Doxocopa lavinia	Aphrissa statira

Theritas hemon	Opsiphanes cassiae	Taygetis virgilia

Metacharis regalis	Marpesia crethon	Melinaea menophilus

Notheme erota	Nica flavilla	Marpesia chiron

Fountainea halice	Cithaerias pireta	Hyposcada illinissa

Echydna punctata	Heliconius numata	Eurema albula

Sophista aristoteles	Rareuptychia clio	Neoxeniades bajula

Pyrrhogyra amphiro	Phocides pigmalion	Pteronymia sao

Antigonus decens	Adelpha capucinus	Arawacus separata

Hyalothyrus neleus	Bia actorion	Eueides lybia

Cycloglypha thrasibulus	Emesis mandana	Vila azeca

Godyris zavaleta	Hamadryas amphinome	Heraclides torquatus

Camptopleura theramenes	Eurybia albiseriata	Phareas coeleste

Adelpha messana	Ectima lirides	Baeotus aeilus

Semomesia croesus	Pareuptychia ocirrhoe	Taygetis angulosa

Memphis acidalia	Lyropteryx apollonia	Ithomia arduinna

mixed group including Anteos menippe, Rhabdodryas trite, Phoebis agarithe, Itaballia demophile, Aphrissa statira and Protographium agesilaus on a sandbank on the Rio Madre de Dios, Peru 2008

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