13 Dec 2014
Pierella lena
I found many butterflies around the dark forest floor of the forest surrounding the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC). Many are so well…
11 Dec 2014
Blue-banded Morpho (Morpho achilles)
Morphos are mesmerizing! In flight you see the flash of blue, but when they sit they're invisible as they almost never open the wings and the underside is like…
4 Dec 2014
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus) is a truly amazing butterfly, and as I recall the only one of the species I encountered here at SouthWild Pantanal. Here it's visiting…
2 Dec 2014
Caetangil paraguariensis
Caetangil paraguariensis is one of many species in the fabaceae family growing around SouthWild Pantanal. This one I found by the trail along the river, in…
2 Dec 2014
Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)
Another species in the Adelpha genus! Some are very hard to identify as the patterns look very similar, but this thoasa sister (Adelpha thoasa) is of the easy…
2 Dec 2014
Julia (Dryas iulia)
Julia (Dryas iulia) turned up as I was photographing flowers alongside one of the trails around SouthWild Pantanal.
28 Nov 2014
Gray Cracker (Hamadryas februa)
A gray cracker (Hamadryas februa) is not easy to spot when resting. On a tree not far from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre I saw several species of crackers in…
28 Nov 2014
Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia)
Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia) is not easy to spot when resting. On a tree not far from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre I saw several species of crackers…
28 Nov 2014
Starry Night Cracker (Hamadryas laodamia)
On a tree not far from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre I saw several species of crackers in the typical upside down posture. This however is my first of this…
28 Nov 2014
Flamingo Leafwing (Fountainea ryphea phidile)
On the many sandbanks I encountered lots of butterflies. Some not so easy to see when sitting on the ground like this. Here a flamingo leafwing (Fountainea…