Butterflies of Northern Peru

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Jeff's Peru Home Page | Jeff's Butterflies Page | Jeff's Nature Page

On these pages are 90+ species of neotropical butterflies of Northern Peru grouped by subfamily and family. Identification references used include Bernard D'Abrera's Butterflies of the Neotropical Region series, DeVries' Butterflies of Costa Rica series, and Feltwell's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Butterflies. Big thank yous go to Andrew Neild (author of The Butterflies of Venezuela), who helped with many identifications, Zsolt Bálint (Hungarian Natural History Museum) for identifying the Lycaenids, Stéphane Attal (Perisama sp.), and Tomasz Pyrcz (satyrines, pieridae). Thanks also to Fred Nijhout and Ian Mann for their suggestions. 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. Enjoy!

Northern Peru Butterflies

Swallowtails, Whites, & Sulphurs | Hairstreaks, Blues, & Metalmarks | Brushfoots-1 | Brushfoots-2 | Skippers

Owl Butterflies, etc. (Nymphalidae, subfamily Brassolinae)

	Eryphanis aesacus This HUGE butterfly was found along the road to Leymebamba from Abra Patricia 2 Oct 2003

Browns, Satyrs, etc. (Nymphalidae, subfamily Satyrinae)

	Satyr (Hermeuptychia sp.)? Tamborapa, ca. 600m 25 Sep 2003
	Satyr (Hermeuptychia sp.)? Along the road to Oracuza, ca. 500m 25 Sep 2003
	Satyr (Cissia sp. or Euptychia sp.?) Tamborapa, ca. 600m 25 Sep 2003
	Satyr (Cissia sp. or Yphthimoides sp.?) El Paraiso, ca. 400m 27 Sep 2003
	Satyr sp. (Cissia or Yphthimoides?) Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003
	Perhaps Two-banded Satyr (Pareuptychia metaleuca) or Hesione Satyr (Cissia hesione) El Paraiso, ca. 400m 27 Sep 2003
	Oressinoma typhla Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 30 Sep 2003

Pronophila colocasia

Abra Patricia, ca. 2000m
29 Sep 2003

	Paraedaliodes parepa Hacienda el Limó, ca. 1800m 4 Oct 2003
	Panyapedaliodes drymaea Hacienda el Limón, ca. 1800m 4 Oct 2003
	Steremnia misella Hacienda el Limón, ca. 1800m 4 Oct 2003
	Steremnia monachella La Montañita, ca. 3200m 7 Oct 2003
	Pedaliodes jelskii La Montañita, ca. 3200m 8 Oct 2003
	Panyapedaliodes monticola La Montañita, ca. 3200m 8 Oct 2003
	Pedaliodes monticola La Montañita, ca. 3200m 8 Oct 2003
	Pedaliodes paneis La Montañita, ca. 3200m 8 Oct 2003

A pair of Pedaliodes paneis
La Montañita, ca. 3200m; 8 Oct 2003

Lasiophila cirta cirta
La Montañita, ca. 3200m
8 Oct 2003

Corades cistene generosa

Check out those orange antennae!

La Montañita, ca. 3200m
8 Oct 2003

Corades ulema mirianae

Abra Patricia, ca. 2000m
29 Sep 2003

same individual as above

Manerebia ignilineata jalca

La Montañita, ca. 3200m
8 Oct 2003

Nymphalidae, subfamily Charaxinae

Memphis sp.

This very fast flying lep did not allow close approach for photography! It appeared quite dark (almost black) above in flight.

El Paraiso, ca. 400m

27 Sep 2003

Morphos (Nymphalidae, subfamily Morphinae)

Morpho sp.

These are really tough to photograph, but here's a blurry action shot. I never saw one perched.

Tamborapa, ca. 600m
25 Sep 2003

Northern Peru Butterflies

Swallowtails, Whites, & Sulphurs | Hairstreaks, Blues, & Metalmarks | Brushfoots-1 | Brushfoots-2 | Skippers

Created on ... November 2, 2003 | Update on ... August 1, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com