Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A little help on some Butterflies ?

Posted by Makro Freak on 06-01-2008 11:38
#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 Smile

Regards, Rick
Edited by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 16:08

Posted by Vince on 06-01-2008 15:32
#2
Hello,

Its an Argynnis for sure, niobe perhaps ?

Posted by Makro Freak on 07-01-2008 14:01
#3
Thank you

Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 15:00
#4
Any idea ? I would be very thankful if anybody could help me identifying these beauties.
Edited by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 15:05

Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 15:01
#5
Any idea ?

Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 15:03
#6
... :-) I know thats a lot .

Posted by Makro Freak on 08-01-2008 15:04
#7
at last Wink

Posted by Zeegers on 08-01-2008 16:03
#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 16:05
#9
: ) Argynnis niobe is from munich, the rest is from costa rica

Posted by crex on 08-01-2008 16:45
#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 21:54
#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 18:10
#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 18:11

Posted by Makro Freak on 10-01-2008 21:21
#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 14:20
#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 14:56
#15
I think No. 3 is a (tattered) Pachliopta aristolochiae (Afghanistan and India to Japan)