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Last of costa Rica Butterflies for ID (1 Viewer)

rwpierce

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This is the last set of butterfly photos that I need some help identifying
Most of these were taken at the same spot-a garden area at the Pozo Azul Rafting Center near Tirimbina.

The one small butterfly-in black and red on big green leaf- was in the Tirimbina Rain Forest itself.
 

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2 is a Chlosyne species. I thought it might be janais but the underside looks wrong.
3 is Anartia fatima. (Banded peacock)
4 is Dryas iulia. (Flame or Julia)
Last one has many English names, but the easiest name to know is Colobura dirce.
 
It is great to get the IDs on four of the five pictured.
Does anyone have a guess at first photo?
It was taken at the same place as the Banded Peacock and the Julia.
 
Hi

4 doesn't look like the D. iulia I'm familiar with: forewing isn't pronounced enough. Don't ask me what it is, though. Hope this helps...
 
Hi

4 doesn't look like the D. iulia I'm familiar with: forewing isn't pronounced enough. Don't ask me what it is, though. Hope this helps...

They are rather variable. Can see what you mean but the underside markings down to the eye colour, leg colour and cream stripe are all perfect match for D. iulia.

There are many mimic butterflies in Central and South America though? I don't know of any that mimic this species so perfectly.
 
thanks for all the insights into these butterflies.
BUT, is there anyone who can help with the first image???

I'm sure there is. There aren't many butterfly people on this forum though. I don't recognize it from that underwing view. Any recollection on what it looked like above? It looks like it might have been black.
 
After doing some more research online, it looks as if the image is the ventral side of a young Banded Peacock.
Doe that make sense??
 
Ah yes, that would explain why it looked so familiar! The upperside is right in front of us all along.

Don't know what you mean by young though, a young butterfly is a caterpillar. When they gain wings they are adults (or "imagos").
 
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