Bubali Preserve, Aruba
16 June 2011
Bubali Preserve, Aruba
16 June 2011
Here are some butterfly photos and information from a couple of family vacations to Aruba. Most photos were taken around the tidal flats across the road from the Marriott complex in Palm Beach, in and around the Bubali Preserve, or around the plantings on the grounds outside the Aruba Butterfly Farm, which was nicely planted with nectar plants to attract the native, wild butterflies. It was also a good place to look for native hummingbirds which nest in the vicinity. Species are presented in phylogenetic order. Enjoy!
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Banded Yellow (Eurema elathea) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Banded Yellow (Eurema elathea) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Little Yellow (Eurema lisa, Pyrisitia lisa) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Palm Beach, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
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Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Santa Cruz, Aruba 20 June 2013 |
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Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Santa Cruz, Aruba 20 June 2013 |
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Coastal Ministreak, AKA Ligia Hairstreak (Ministrymon ligia) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Coastal Ministreak, AKA Ligia Hairstreak (Ministrymon ligia) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Disjunct Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bubastus) San Nicholas, Aruba 20 June 2013 |
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Incredibly abundant around the Salina flats and Bubali and other locations. |
| Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Palm Beach tidal flats, Aruba 13 June 2011 |
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Palm Beach tidal flats, Aruba 13 June 2011 |
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| Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Sanctuary area, Aruba 1 June 2015 |
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Sanctuary area, Aruba 1 June 2015 |
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| Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Palm Beach, Aruba 15 June 2011 |
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Palm Beach, Aruba 15 June 2011 |
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| Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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| Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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| Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Salina, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Salina, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
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| Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
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Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 18 June 2013 This unusual individual seems to have had it's dark marginal spot only partially develop. |
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Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exilis) Bubali Sanctuary, Aruba 1 June 2015 |
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Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius cassius) Salina behind the Marriott, Palm Beach, Aruba 5 June 2015 Unfortunately, my camera was still fogged from being in A/C all night when I had my only Cassius Blue encounter... |
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Julia (Dryas iulia) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Julia (Dryas iulia) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Queen (Danaus gilippus) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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| Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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| Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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Incredibly abundant around the Salina flats and Bubali and other locations. It seems to me that the Aruba population of this species are much less well marked with pale spots than other populations. I suspect it may be an undescribed subspecies. |
| Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Palm Beach tidal flats, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Palm Beach tidal flats, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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| Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Palm Beach tidal flats, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Palm Beach tidal flats, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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| Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Palm Beach tidal flats, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Bubali Preserve, Aruba 16 June 2011 |
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| Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Salina, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Salina, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
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| Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Salina, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) Salina, Aruba 18 June 2013 |
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| Flaveola Skipper (Atalopedes flaveola, Atalopedes clarkei) Palm Beach, Aruba 5 June 2015 Confusion/disagreement exists as to the scientific name of this taxon. |
Created on ... June 23, 2011 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com