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Butterflies from Panama

Butterflies of Panama: A Guide to the Most Colorful Creatures in Central America Panama is a country rich in biodiversity and home to a wide range of fascinating species of animals and plants. From its lush…

Tomato hornworm

Tomato hornworm, The caterpillar, often referred to as the tomato hornworm, can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as…

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on a little pink flower while in flight

Saddleback caterpillar

Found this saddleback caterpillar on the underside of a palm leaf here in Altos del Maria, Panama, aldo they say they are native to the US, maybe he did not like the election outcome and migrated…

Glasswinged butterflies

Here are a couple more Glasswinged butterflies (Greta oto), images taken in Altos del Maria, Panama.

Butterfly Images

Here is a variety of butterfly images taken at the butterly house on Mainau Island in Germany.

Large Tree Nymph

Large Tree Nymph butterfly image. The Idea leuconoe, the paper kite, rice paper or large tree nymph, has a wingspan of 12 to 14 cm. The paper kite is of Southeast Asian origin.

Dido Longwing

The scarce bamboo page or dido longwing (Philaethria dido) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and tropical South America, both east and west of the Andes, from Brazil and…

Brown-banded Daggerwing

Brown-banded Daggerwing, Marpesia alcibiades nymphalidae butterfly image taken along the pipeline Road in the Soberania National Park in Panama.

Great southern white

Ascia monuste, the great southern white or pirpinto in Argentina, is a butterfly which is the only species in the genus Ascia of the Pieridae family. In this species the sexes may differ with the female…

Butterfly Images

Here are a few more butterfly images taken in Altos del Maria, Panama.

Big White Moth

Big White Moth image taken in Altos del Maria in Panama, looks like a white tiger moth but not sure.

Dryas iulia – Orange Julia

Dryas iulia (often incorrectly spelled julia), commonly called the Julia Butterfly, Julia Heliconian, The Flame, or Flambeau, is a species of brush-footed butterfly. The sole representative of its genus Dryas, it is native from Brazil to…