24 Nov 2013
Blechnum schomburgkii
The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia National Park is blocked by the park entrance, and even though you can drive to the…
18 Nov 2013
Clymena Eighty-eight (Diaethria clymena peruviana)
Clymena eighty-eight (Diaethria clymena peruviana) is one of several species diaethria found around Cristalino Jungle Lodge. This particular location is the…
18 Nov 2013
Cynosura Eighty-eight (Callicore cynosura)
Unfortunately I was unable to get a photo of the upperside of the wings (dorsal) of this cynosura eighty-eight (Callicore cynosura), but the ventral…
18 Nov 2013
Clymena Eighty-eight (Diaethria clymena marchallii)
I had a hard time identifying this as clymena eighty-eight (Diaethria clymena marchallii), as all the photos available showed narrower black bands and white…
18 Nov 2013
Astarte Eighty-eight (Callicore astarte)
Most focus on the underside of the wings, or ventral, but the dorsal (upperside) is in my eyes equally wonderful. The problem is of course that this is rarely…
18 Nov 2013
False Numberwing (Paulogramma pyracmon)
Most focus on the underside of the wings, or ventral, but the dorsal (upperside) is in my eyes equally wonderful. The problem is of course that this is rarely…
8 Nov 2013
Salpensa Sailor (Dynamine tithia salpensa)
There is a 9 km long trail (Poco Preto trail) from the main road that leads to the Iguaçu river, and for me it was butterfly heaven as I saw so many different…
8 Nov 2013
Epinome Cracker (Hamadryas epinome)
Epinome cracker (Hamadryas epinome) is the second member of the Hamadryas genus I saw here in Iguaçu National Park.
7 Nov 2013
Candrena Eighty-eight (Diaethria candrena)
Candrena Eighty-eight (Diaethria candrena) is yet another of the numberwings sucking human salt off the railings alongside the trails down Iguaçu Falls…
7 Nov 2013
Red Cracker (Hamadryas amphinome)
Alongside the trails leading down to the Devil's Throat of Iguaçu Falls I saw several species of butterflies I have not seen before, and this red cracker…