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The 560 photographs on these 9 pages depict some of the most beautiful and interesting butterflies occuring in the Neotropical region, an area which includes Central America, the Caribbean islands, the rainforests of the Amazon, and the cloudforests and grasslands of the Andes. Clicking on any image takes you to a page dedicated to that species, with additional photographs and a detailed species description.
 

  Gorgopas trochilus  
Adelpha thessalia Adelpha olynthia Altinote dicaeus
Siproeta stelenes Siproeta epaphus Rhetus dysonii
Chorinea sylphina Ithomia terra Dalla cypselus

Phoebis neocypris rurina
Diaethria neglecta Hermeuptychia harmonia Oleria quintina
Vanessa braziliensis Pteronymia ticida Oressinoma sorata
Pyrgus oileus Perisama canoma Protographium agesilaus

  Hesperocharis nereina  
Pierella hyceta Oleria padilla Hesperocharis marchallii
Perisama calamis Perisama jurinei Lymanopoda acraeida
Callicore lyca Scada reckia Corades ulema

Caria trochilus
Quadrus cerialis Adelpha boreas Spioniades abbreviata
Adelpha alala Pedaliodes hopfferi Pyrrhopyge telassa
Dione moneta Ithomia ellara Dismorphia lysis

  Phocides metrodorus  
Madeleinea koa Melanis cinaron Lymanopoda translucida
Terenthina terentia Lasiophila orbifera Heterosais edessa
Urbanus simplicius Pyrrhopyge sergius Junonia vestina

Ithomia salapia
Brachyglenis esthema Catasticta corcyra Chlorostrymon simaethis
Hylephila peruana Hypanartia lethe Dalla plancus
Lymanopoda obsoleta Doxocopa cyane Leptophobia eleone

  Etcheverrius chiliensis  
Calycopis malta Ectima thecla peruviana Zariaspes mys
Godyris hewitsoni Altinote alcione sodalis Cymaenes alumna
Pompeius pompeius Aspitha aegenoria Tegosa claudina
 
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