Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A little help on some Butterflies ?
Posted by Makro Freak on 06-01-2008 12:38
#1
Hello. Iam not shure on this butterflies below because they come from Costa Rica except the supposed Argynnis niobe which is from germany. On the Costa Rican's i have no literature about it, need expert opinion :)
Regards, Rick
Edited by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 17:08
Posted by Vince on 06-01-2008 16:32
#2
Hello,
Its an Argynnis for sure, niobe perhaps ?
Posted by Makro Freak on 07-01-2008 15:01
#3
Thank you
Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 16:00
#4
Any idea ? I would be very thankful if anybody could help me identifying these beauties.
Edited by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 16:05
Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 16:01
#5
Any idea ?
Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 16:03
#6
... :-) I know thats a lot .
Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 16:04
#7
at last ;)
Posted by Zeegers on 08-01-2008 17:03
#8
About the supposed Argynnis niobe, it looks like it indeed, but it is from Costa Rica ! Rather unlikely ??
Theo
Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 17:05
#9
: ) Argynnis niobe is from munich, the rest is from costa rica
Posted by crex on 08-01-2008 17:45
#10
You might find something useful on this
Nicaragua site, e.g. J.M. Maes: Papilionidae (Lepidoptera) de Nicaragua. 241 pp. (PDF with many colour photos).
Posted by Susan R Walter on 09-01-2008 22:54
#11
The second one is Papilionidae (Swallowtails and Birdwings), something around Atropheneura. The caterpillar food plant will probably be Aristolochiaceae. The third is Pieridae, somewhere near Belenois? The fourth is also Papilionidae, Papilio itself I should think. The larval food plant may be some sort of citrus. I don't know the last one. I'm basing this on my knowledge of Australian butterflies - I don't know the Costa Rican fauna at all.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 10-01-2008 19:10
#12
Please don't be misguided since these images were apparently taken at a butterfly farm and at least No.2 is definitely not a Neotropical sp. (
Idaea leuconoe, Nymphalidae-Danainae)
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 10-01-2008 19:11
Posted by Makro Freak on 10-01-2008 22:21
#13
Thank you very much for your help, the PDF was very useful. I think they was breeded in costa rica but showing asian and southamerican species
What i found out is that
Number one is Argynnis adippe
Number two should be Papilo ?
Number three is Idea leuconoe
Number four is ?
Number six should be Heliconius sp
Rick
Posted by Susan R Walter on 11-01-2008 15:20
#14
Aha, so number 3 is a Danaid - that makes sense. I was troubled that it did not actually look right for a Pierid but sucked in by the white with black veins.
Rick - number 4 will be Papilio or something very close.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 11-01-2008 15:56
#15
I think No. 3 is a (tattered)
Pachliopta aristolochiae (Afghanistan and India to Japan)