True Butterflies 3 (Riodinidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae)
Here's page 3 of my Peru Butterfly photos. Again, I've done my best to group them by family or subfamily. If you know the species of any of these or if you spot any errors, please email me at jspippen@duke.edu All photos were taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500.
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Andrew Neild, Thomasz Pyrcz, and Zsolt Balint for assistance with identifications on this page!
Riodinidae (Metalmarks)
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Rhetus periander
Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 600m 26 Sep 2003 |
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Ancyluris sp.
El Paraiso, ca. 400m 27 Sep 2003 |
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Ancyluris sp.
A different individual from above, though it may the the same species.
El Paraiso, ca. 400m 27 Sep 2003 |
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Caria sp.
Tamborapa, ca. 600m 25 Sep 2003 |
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Amarynthis meneria
Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003 |
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Same species as but different individual from above
Amarynthis meneria
Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003 |
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Theope sp.
Quebrada el Limón, ca. 650m 23 Sep 2003 |
Papilionidae (Swallowtails)
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Battus streckerianus
One of the "best" butterflies we saw from the standpoint of localized species, this butterfly is endemic to central and northern Peru.
Along the road to Hacienda el Limón, elevation? 3 Oct 2003 |
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Pieridae (Whites and Sulphurs)
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Probably Leptophobia subargentea
Abra Patricia, ca. 1500m 1 Oct 2003 |
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??
Ventanilla, sea level (ca. 2m) 13 Oct 2003 #1132 |
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Phulia sp., female
Santa Eulalia Valley around 4000m elevation. 20 Sep 2003. |
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Anteos menippe (One of the angled sulphurs)
El Paraiso, ca. 400m 26 Sep 2003 |
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Colias euxanthe
road to Cajamarca, over 3000m 4 Oct 2003 |
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Eurema sp.
along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat) 5 Oct 2003 |
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Another sulphur, probably a Eurema sp. Could it be the same species as above?
along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat) 5 Oct 2003 |
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Lycaenidae (Hairstreaks and Blues)
(A big THANK YOU to Zsolt Bálint of the Hungarian Natural History Museum for identification of this group!)
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Gold-bordered Hairstreak Rekoa palegon, male
Quebrada el Limón, ca. 650m 23 Sep 2003 |
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Daraba Hairstreak Strymon daraba
Tamborapa, ca. 600m 25 Sep 2003 |
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Same as above |
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Mottled Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon mulucha
Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 600m 26 Sep 2003 |
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Bubastus Hairstreak Strymon bubastus (formerly called Strymon sapota) San Damián, ca. 2200m 11 Oct 2003This is an interesting clinal form of this species. |
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Penaincisalia sp. in the P. amatista species complex
La Montañita, ca. 3200m
7 Oct 2003 One needs dorsal views to identify this individual to species. |
| Madeleinea cobaltana, female
Santa Eulalia Valley around 4000m elevation. 20 Sep 2003. |
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Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno , male (blue above)
Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia) ca. 1200m 30 Sep 2003 |
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Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno, female (gray-brown above)
Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia) ca. 1200m 30 Sep 2003 |
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Hemairgus ramon, male
along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat) 5 Oct 2003 |
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Leptotes lamasi, male
Along the road from Abra Patricia to Leymebamba elevation? 2 Oct 2003 |
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Madeleinea ardisensis (male)
La Montañita
3200m elevation
7 Oct 2003 |
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same individual as above |
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Created on ... November 2, 2003 | Updated on ... Jan 23, 2008 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com