Category: 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.

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. They are commonly known as sisters, due to the white markings on…

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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 found in southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia and all parts…

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Great Southern White

Great Southern White Butterfly (Ascia monuste) butterfly image taken in Panama. They are found from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, south through tropical America to Argentina. Ascia monuste is an example of…

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White Peacock Butterfly

The white peacock (Anartia jatrophae) is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. Please bookmark us now press ctrl+d and visit again soon for more…

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More Butterfly Images

Attached are some more butterfly images all taken in Altos del Maria, Panama. Please bookmark us now press ctrl+d and visit again soon for more fascinating nature images! Here some recommended links selected for you: The…

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Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto)

Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto), their Spanish name is “espejitos”, which means “little mirrors” these butterflies can be found from Mexico through Panama and Colombia. Please bookmark us now press ctrl+d and visit again soon for more…

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Variable Cracker

Variable Cracker image taken in Panama near El Valle de Anton. The variable cracker (Hamadryas feronia) can be found in the southern parts of the United States and all the way south to Brazil. Please bookmark…

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Butterfly laying her eggs

Butterfly laying her eggs under a leaf. Please bookmark us now press ctrl+d and visit again soon for more fascinating nature images! Here some recommended links selected for you: The Best Books of the Month, Todays…

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Banded king shoemaker butterfly

Archaeoprepona demophon, the one-spotted prepona, banded king shoemaker, or demophon shoemaker can be found in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern portions of South America. Please bookmark us now press ctrl+d and visit again…

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Crimson Patch Butterfly (Chlosyne janais)

The crimson patch butterfly (Chlosyne janais), also known as the janais patch, is a common New World butterfly found from Colombia north through Central America and Mexico to southern Texas, with occasional sightings in southeastern Mexico…

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Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly images taken in Panama. Please bookmark us now press ctrl+d and visit again soon for more fascinating nature images! Here some recommended links selected for you: The Best Books of the Month, Todays…

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Zebra Longwing Butterfly

The attached images of the Zebra Longwing butterflies where taken in Panama. Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the Nymphalidae. The boldly striped…

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Ruddy Daggerwing

Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) image taken in Panama. Please bookmark us now press ctrl+d and visit again soon for more fascinating nature images! Here some recommended links selected for you: The Best Books of the Month,…

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