Butterflies of Northern Peru

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Jeff's Peru Home Page | Jeff's Butterflies Page | Jeff's Nature Page

On these pages are 90+ species of neotropical butterflies of Northern Peru grouped by subfamily and family. Identification references used include Bernard D'Abrera's Butterflies of the Neotropical Region series, DeVries' Butterflies of Costa Rica series, and Feltwell's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Butterflies. Big thank yous go to Andrew Neild (author of The Butterflies of Venezuela), who helped with many identifications, Zsolt Bálint (Hungarian Natural History Museum) for identifying the Lycaenids, Stéphane Attal (Perisama sp.), and Tomasz Pyrcz (satyrines, pieridae). Thanks also to Fred Nijhout and Ian Mann for their suggestions. 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. Enjoy!

Northern Peru Butterflies

Swallowtails, Whites, & Sulphurs | Hairstreaks, Blues, & Metalmarks | Brushfoots-1 | Brushfoots-2 | Skippers

Metalmarks (Riodinidae)

	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

Hairstreaks (Lycaenidae, subfamily Polyommatinae)

(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
	Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon yojoa 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
	Dr. Bálint suggests this is an undescribed species in the Strymon tucumana group San Damián, ca. 2200m 11 Oct 2003

Abloxurina amatista

La Montañita, ca. 3200m

7 Oct 2003

	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

Northern Peru Butterflies

Swallowtails, Whites, & Sulphurs | Hairstreaks, Blues, & Metalmarks | Brushfoots-1 | Brushfoots-2 | Skippers

Created on ... November 2, 2003 | Update on ... August 1, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com