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
On this page are 90+ species of neotropical butterflies of Northern Peru grouped by subfamily and family as of 2003. 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!
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Battus streckerianus |
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Probably Leptophobia subargentea |
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?? |
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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) |
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Colias euxanthe |
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Eurema sp. |
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Another sulphur, probably a Eurema sp. |
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Periander Metalmark, Variable Beautymark (Rhetus periander) |
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Ancyluris sp. |
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Ancyluris sp. |
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Caria sp. |
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| Amarynthis meneria Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003 |
Amarynthis meneria Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003 |
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Theope sp. |
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Gold-bordered Hairstreak |
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Daraba Hairstreak |
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Same as above |
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Mottled Scrub-Hairstreak |
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Bubastus Hairstreak 11 Oct 2003This is an interesting clinal form of this species. |
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Penaincisalia sp. in the P. amatista species complex |
| Madeleinea cobaltana, female |
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Hanno Blue |
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Hanno Blue |
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Hemairgus ramon, male |
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Leptotes lamasi, male |
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Madeleinea ardisensis (male) |
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same individual as above |
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Eighty sp. (Paulogramma peristera) |
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Perisama canoma lamasi |
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same individual as above |
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Perisama philinus descimoni |
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Dynamine setabis |
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Adelpha cytherea (closely related to North American sisters & admirals) |
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Hypanartia lethe Abra Patricia, ca. 1900m 30 Sep 2003 |
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Hypanartia cinderella This is a recently described species, very similar to H. kefersteini, which is what I originally thought this was. (Thanks Andrew Nield!) Sitting on my camera case! Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003 |
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Hypanartia lindigii Sitting on Derb's or Dan's pantleg! La Montañita, ca. 3200m 7 Oct 2003 |
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Rusty-tipped PageSiproeta epaphus |
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Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis) Abra Patricia, ca. 1500m 1 Oct 2003 |
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Andean Buckeye (Junonia vestina) Santa Eulalia Valley around 3000m elevation. 19 Sep 2003 |
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Tropical Buckeye (Junonia evarete evarete) Between Abra Patricia and Afluente, ca. 1500m 30 Sep 2003 |
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White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) |
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Scarlet Peacock (Anartia amathea) |
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Glaucous Cracker (Hamadryas glauconome) |
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Blue Cracker (Hamadryas feronia) |
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Orion (Historis odius) |
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Probably Actinote alcione |
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Heliconius sp. (probably H. sara (or H. leucadia?)) 27 Sep 2003 |
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Heliconius telesiphe |
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Agraulis vanillae lucina (Heliconiinae) |
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Julia |
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Scada ethica |
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Eresia eunice eunice. |
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Eresia aveyrona, a rare butterfly |
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same individual as above |
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Telenassa sp. (Perhaps T. burchelli?) |
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Memphis sp. |
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Eryphanis aesacus |
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Satyr (Hermeuptychia sp.)? |
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Satyr (Hermeuptychia sp.)? |
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Satyr (Cissia sp. or Euptychia sp.?) |
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Satyr (Cissia sp. or Yphthimoides sp.?) |
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Satyr sp. (Cissia or Yphthimoides?) |
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Perhaps Two-banded Satyr (Pareuptychia metaleuca) |
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Oressinoma typhla |
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Pronophila colocasia |
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Paraedaliodes parepa |
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Panyapedaliodes drymaea |
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Steremnia misella |
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Steremnia monachella |
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Pedaliodes jelskii |
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Panyapedaliodes monticola |
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Pedaliodes monticola |
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Pedaliodes paneis |
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A pair of Pedaliodes paneis |
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Lasiophila cirta cirta La Montañita, ca. 3200m 8 Oct 2003 |
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Corades cistene generosa |
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Corades ulema mirianae |
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same individual as above |
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Manerebia ignilineata jalca |
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Morpho sp. |
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Epargyreus sp.?
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Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
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Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes) |
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Longtail sp. (Chioides sp.)? |
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same as above |
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Plain Longtail (Urbanus simplicius) |
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Perhaps a Deathmask Spurwing (Antigonus nearchis) Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 500m |
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Probably a duskywing (Erynnis sp). |
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Perhaps Mazan's Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans) |
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Perhaps Mazan's Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans) Along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca, ca. 2600m5 Oct 2003 #702 |
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Perhaps Mazan's Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans) El Paraiso, ca. 400m26 Sep 2003 #424 |
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?? |
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Tropical Checkered-Skipper (male) (Pyrgus oileus) |
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Tropical Checkered-Skipper (female) (Pyrgus oileus) |
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One of the skipperlings (Copaeodes sp.) |
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Hylephila sp. Santa Eulalia Valley ca. 3000m |
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Hylephila sp. |
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Dalla sp., perhaps Dalla dognini |
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same individual as above |
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Along the road to Oracuza, ca. 500m |
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Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 500m |
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Perhaps a Racta sp. |
Created on ... November 2, 2003 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com