Lomariocycas schomburgkii

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…


Clymena Eighty-eight (Diaethria clymena)

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…


Cynosura Eighty-eight (Callicore cynosura)

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…


Clymena Eighty-eight (Diaethria clymena marchallii)

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…


Astarte Eighty-eight (Callicore astarte)

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…


False Numberwing (Paulogramma pyracmon)

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…


Mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides)

Mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides)

Native range of mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides) is Mexico to Paraguay.


Mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides)

Mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides)

I found none in bloom, so I wonder when the mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides) does bloom, as soon the locations they grow in will be under water again. Native…


Ludwigia

Ludwigia sp

The soil on this part of Pantanal (between Corumbá and Miranda) is in many places fine sand - just like a desert or a beach. Just after a couple of hundred…


Ludwigia

Ludwigia sp

The soil on this part of Pantanal (between Corumbá and Miranda) is in many places fine sand - just like a desert or a beach. Just after a couple of hundred…