Peru
Lepidoptera
- Page 3
Right - The way a morpho butterfly looks when perched. Although I tried many times to get a good photo of one flying, all my attempts pretty much failed. When this insect opens its wings, the most glorious fluorescent blue color flashes that you almost can't believe it. Then when they perch they nearly disappear. This photo taken at the Cock of the Rock Lodge in the cloud forest at about 1600 meters.
Left - Photo taken 2 November at the Pueblo Hotel at Aguas Calientes. Is it a Pieridae (Genus Dismorphia), or a Heliconidae, or an Ithomiidae? I believe the latter family, but could be wrong. Another view below right.
Left
- A Pieridae. Sulphurs and whites were plentiful, but do not appear
in the photos very often because they were seldom seen perched or puddling.
Right - (A Heliconidae: Dione juno)?? Both photos taken at Pueblo Hotel, 2 November.
Left
- A black and white butterfly photographed near Amazonia Lodge (500 m) using a
flash and a telephoto in the shady forest. 
Right
below - A Heliconidae that we can also see in the states: Dryas julia.