True Butterflies 3 (Riodinidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae)

Here's page 3 of my Peru Butterfly photos. Again, I've done my best to group them by family or subfamily. If you know the species of any of these or if you spot any errors, please email me at jspippen@duke.edu All photos were taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500.

Acknowledgments: Thanks to Andrew Neild, Thomasz Pyrcz, and Zsolt Balint for assistance with identifications on this page!

Riodinidae (Metalmarks)

	Rhetus periander Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 600m 26 Sep 2003
	Ancyluris sp. El Paraiso, ca. 400m 27 Sep 2003
	Ancyluris sp. A different individual from above, though it may the the same species. El Paraiso, ca. 400m 27 Sep 2003

	Caria sp. Tamborapa, ca. 600m 25 Sep 2003
	Amarynthis meneria Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003
	Same species as but different individual from above Amarynthis meneria Abra Patricia, ca. 1800m 1 Oct 2003

Theope sp.

Quebrada el Limón, ca. 650m
23 Sep 2003

Papilionidae (Swallowtails)

	Battus streckerianus One of the "best" butterflies we saw from the standpoint of localized species, this butterfly is endemic to central and northern Peru. Along the road to Hacienda el Limón, elevation? 3 Oct 2003

Pieridae (Whites and Sulphurs)

Probably Leptophobia subargentea

Abra Patricia, ca. 1500m
1 Oct 2003

??

Ventanilla, sea level (ca. 2m)
13 Oct 2003
#1132

	Phulia sp., female Santa Eulalia Valley around 4000m elevation. 20 Sep 2003.
	Anteos menippe (One of the angled sulphurs) El Paraiso, ca. 400m 26 Sep 2003

Colias euxanthe

road to Cajamarca, over 3000m
4 Oct 2003

	Eurema sp. along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat) 5 Oct 2003
	Another sulphur, probably a Eurema sp. Could it be the same species as above? along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat) 5 Oct 2003

Lycaenidae (Hairstreaks and Blues)

(A big THANK YOU to Zsolt Bálint of the Hungarian Natural History Museum for identification of this group!)

	Gold-bordered Hairstreak Rekoa palegon, male Quebrada el Limón, ca. 650m 23 Sep 2003
	Daraba Hairstreak Strymon daraba Tamborapa, ca. 600m 25 Sep 2003
	Same as above
	Mottled Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon mulucha Along the road to El Paraiso, ca. 600m 26 Sep 2003
	Bubastus Hairstreak Strymon bubastus (formerly called Strymon sapota) San Damián, ca. 2200m 11 Oct 2003 This is an interesting clinal form of this species.

Penaincisalia sp. in the P. amatista species complex

La Montañita, ca. 3200m

7 Oct 2003

One needs dorsal views to identify this individual to species.

	Madeleinea cobaltana, female Santa Eulalia Valley around 4000m elevation. 20 Sep 2003.
	Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno , male (blue above) Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia) ca. 1200m 30 Sep 2003
	Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno, female (gray-brown above) Afluente (downslope from Abra Patricia) ca. 1200m 30 Sep 2003
	Hemairgus ramon, male along the road to Cajabamba from Cajamarca ca. 2600m (semi arid habitat) 5 Oct 2003
	Leptotes lamasi, male Along the road from Abra Patricia to Leymebamba elevation? 2 Oct 2003
	Madeleinea ardisensis (male) La Montañita 3200m elevation 7 Oct 2003
	same individual as above

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Created on ... November 2, 2003 | Updated on ... Jan 23, 2008 | jspippen@duke.edu