Butterflies of Amazon & Andes - 6

Butterflies of Amazon & Andes

 

Photographs © Adrian Hoskins ( unless otherwise stated )

 

The 450 photographs on these 8 pages depict some of the most beautiful and interesting butterflies occuring in the Neotropical region, an area which includes Central America, the Caribbean islands, the rainforests of the Amazon, and the cloudforests and grasslands of the Andes. Clicking on any image takes you to a page dedicated to that species, with additional photographs and a detailed species description.

 

Caria sponsa
Dryadula phaetusa	Cissia penelope	Eurybia caerulescens
Cycloglypha thrasibulus	Emesis mandana	Vila azeca
Metacharis regalis	Marpesia crethon	Melinaea menophilus
Hamadryas amphinome
Colobura dirce	Callicore hystaspes	Chloreuptychia marica
Battus crassus	Eresia nauplius	Metacharis lucius
Echydna punctata	Heliconius numata	Eurema albula
	Siderone galanthis
Notheme erota	Nica flavilla	Marpesia chiron
Godyris zavaleta	Zaretis itys	Heraclides torquatus
Memphis acidalia	Perisama tristrigosa	Ithomia arduinna
	Lyropteryx apollonia
Semomesia croesus	Pareuptychia ocirrhoe	Taygetis angulosa
Sophista aristoteles	Rareuptychia clio	Neoxeniades bajula
Hyalothyrus neleus	Bia actorion	Eueides lybia
	Morpho deidamia
Pyrrhogyra amphiro	Pyrrhopyge thericles	Pteronymia sao
Fountainea halice	Cithaerias pireta	Hyposcada illinissa
Anteros formosus	Mesene epaphus	Opoptera aorsa
	Caligo oileus
Eurema salome	Pyrrhogyra edocla	Hypanartia dione
Marpesia marcella	Colias lesbia	Myscelus epimachia
Corades medeba	Adelpha lycorias	Vanessa altissima
	Dynamine artemisia
Chorinea octauius	Chrysoplectrum perniciosus	Doxocopa pavon
Heliopetes alana	Morpho marcus	Monethe albertus
Patia orise	Porphyrogenes spadix	Staphylus oeta

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