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)

Rhetus periander

Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 600m
26 Sep 2003

Ancyluris sp.

El Paraiso, ca. 400m
27 Sep 2003

Ancyluris sp.

A different individual from above, though it may the the same species.

El Paraiso, ca. 400m
27 Sep 2003

Caria sp.

Tamborapa, ca. 600m
25 Sep 2003

Amarynthis meneria

Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m
1 Oct 2003

Same species as but different individual from above

Amarynthis meneria

Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m
1 Oct 2003

Theope sp.

Quebrada el Limón, ca. 650m
23 Sep 2003


Papilionidae (Swallowtails)

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


Pieridae (Whites and Sulphurs)

Probably Leptophobia subargentea

Abra Patricia, ca. 1500m
1 Oct 2003

??

Ventanilla, sea level (ca. 2m)
13 Oct 2003
#1132

Phulia sp., female

Santa Eulalia Valley around 4000m elevation.
20 Sep 2003.

Anteos menippe (One of the angled sulphurs)

El Paraiso, ca. 400m
26 Sep 2003

Colias euxanthe

road to Cajamarca, over 3000m
4 Oct 2003

Eurema sp.

along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca
ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat)
5 Oct 2003

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


Lycaenidae (Hairstreaks and Blues)

(A big THANK YOU to Zsolt Bálint of the Hungarian Natural History Museum for identification of this group!)

Gold-bordered Hairstreak
Rekoa palegon, male

Quebrada el Limón, ca. 650m
23 Sep 2003

Daraba Hairstreak
Strymon daraba

Tamborapa, ca. 600m
25 Sep 2003

Same as above

Mottled Scrub-Hairstreak
Strymon mulucha

Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 600m
26 Sep 2003

Bubastus Hairstreak
Strymon bubastus (formerly called Strymon sapota)

San Damián, ca. 2200m
11 Oct 2003

This is an interesting clinal form of this species.

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.

Hanno Blue
Hemiargus hanno , male (blue above)

Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia)
ca. 1200m
30 Sep 2003

Hanno Blue
Hemiargus hanno, female (gray-brown above)

Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia)
ca. 1200m
30 Sep 2003

Hemairgus ramon, male

along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca
ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat)
5 Oct 2003

Leptotes lamasi, male

Along the road from Abra Patricia to Leymebamba
elevation?
2 Oct 2003

Madeleinea ardisensis (male)

La Montañita

3200m elevation

7 Oct 2003

same individual as above


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Created on ... November 2, 2003 | Updated on ... Jan 23, 2008 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com