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A handsome Clearwing Butterfly, native from Columbia to Bolivia.
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A Zaphiro in Iguazu National Park, Argentina. Unfortunately it remains closed, rather than opening to reveal a Turquoise Emperor Butterfly.
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This species seems to be attracted to human skin, perhaps the salts in sweat. It is found in Paraguay and adjacent parts of Brazil and Argentina. Perhaps that is why it is called the Para-mini.
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This is the Amazon subspecies of the widespread Postman Butterfly. This one is checking out a plastic pipe near the village of Sumaco, Ecuador.
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a slightly battered Peacock butterfly seen at South Saxons after a morning of prolonged rain
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The Agatha Blue Ringlet is an understory butterfly of the Amazon rainforest, consuming dead fungi, bird droppings, etc. Photo from Calanoa Reserve, Colombia. I
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Corte Grande, Bahia, Brazil
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Lexias dirtea. Photographer: Dexter Hinckley.
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The many species in this widespread genus are known as "Sisters". But for this example from high in the Sierra Maihuatlan of southwestern Mexico, I cannot find an exact match.
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Adelpha fessonia. Photographer: Dexter Hinckley.
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A South American species known as the Four-eyed Lady, or simply as Mariposa Colorada.
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A Mexican Zebra Longwing butterfly visiting a flower in Copalita Park on the Oaxacan coast of Mexico.
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A butterfly of wild appearance on a tent in the Condor Range between Ecuador and Peru.
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AMNH, NYC, NY (November 18, 2015)
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This species is found in Paraguay, southern Brazil and here in northeastern Argentina. It is known as Linda in Spanish and Cute in English.
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A Cissia moth on the El Dorado Reserve, northeastern Colombia.
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This version of the Heliconius hecale complex has been mainly reported from Panama. Photo from the Darien Province.
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Attracted to a spotting scope at Wildsumaco Lodge in the eastern foothills of the Andes, Ecuador.
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A Purple Emperor Butterfly near the Devil's Throat, Iguazu Park. Locally known as Turqui, it ranges from here in northeastern Argentina into adjacent Brazil and Paraguay.
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Canterbury, New Zealand
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Hervey Range, Queensland, Australia
