Linda’s Emperor (Doxocopa linda)

Linda’s Emperor (Doxocopa linda)

This is from the airstrip in Florida, and being next to Noel Kempff Mercado National Park there are so many different species of butterflies everywhere. The…


Cliff Flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea)

Cliff Flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea)

A perfect spot for a flycatcher - a dead branch overlooking a wide area of land.


Eriope crassipes

Eriope crassipes

As I visited at the end of the dry season, the plateau was lush and green. Many of the plants species were in full bloom. Huanchaca Plateau is also called…


Eriope crassipes

Eriope crassipes

As I visited at the end of the dry season, the plateau was lush and green. Many of the plants species were in full bloom, like this eriope crassipes. Huanchaca…


Agathina Emperor (Doxocopa agathina)

Agathina Emperor (Doxocopa agathina)

Agathina Emperor (Doxocopa agathina) is a beautiful butterfly I also saw in Bolivian Amazon. The blue is changing with the angle of the light, so sometimes it…


Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…


Amazon Cracker (Hamadryas chlöe)

Amazon Cracker (Hamadryas chlöe)

A very short encounter with the Amazon cracker (Hamadryas chlöe) while my guides used chainsaws to clear fallen trees off the dirt road on our way to the base…


Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Identifying the Adelphas is not easy, and in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park they are so plentiful that your analytical skills are really put to the test.…


Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…


Adelpha sp

Adelpha sp

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…