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…
7 Nov 2013
Hydaspes Eighty-eight (Callicore hydaspes)
When you first see a numberwing butterfly or eighty-eights, you are oblivious to the intricacies of the way the number is the patterns are, and think you see…
7 Nov 2013
Hydaspes Eighty-eight (Callicore hydaspes)
This hydaspes eighty-eight (Callicore hydaspes) is the third of the numberwings I observed around Iguaçu Falls on the Brazilian side. This one also busy…