Category Archives: Butterflies

A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera and are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form.

Butterflies from Panama

Here is a little sample of some more images with butterflies from Panama, some new and some already published but reedited.

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Adelpha Boeotia Butterfly

Adelpha Boeotia Butterfly image taken in Panama. Adelpha is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in southern United States and Mexico to South America. …

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Common Buckeye Butterfly

Common Buckeye Butterfly image taken in Panama. The common buckeye or simply, buckeye, (Junonia coenia) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is …

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