Ecuador Butterflies for ID (1 Viewer)

davidg · Mar 11, 2018

Apologies for the poor pictures (particularly the last two!) but can anyone ID these butterflies. Photos taken a few weeks ago near the Napa river in Ecuador.

Many thanks,

David

Andy Adcock · Mar 11, 2018

I'd say

1. Eurytides agesilaus Short-lined Kite Swallowtail

2. Eueides heliconius Small Flambeau Butterfly

5. Marpesia chiron Many-banded Daggerwing

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davidg · Mar 12, 2018

That's great, thanks Andy.

David

ApusApus · Mar 12, 2018

3 looks like one of the Adelpha "Sister" Butterflies but that's as close as I can suggest!

Shane

Andy Adcock · Mar 12, 2018

ApusApus said:
3 looks like one of the Adelpha "Sister" Butterflies but that's as close as I can suggest!

Shane

That was exactly my thought Shane but 2 hours on the net last night and I drew a blank

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davidg · Mar 12, 2018

Thanks Shane and Andy. I've posted 3 more below, if you can stand it! I suspect the yellow one is a rather better version of no 4 in my first post.

David

Andy Adcock · Mar 12, 2018

1 Is a Hesperid or Riodinidae, related to our Skippers but there are hundreds in the Americas!

Possibly Telemiades nicomedes

These are three of the toughest groups possible...............

A

davidg · Mar 12, 2018

Thanks again Andy

David

^monet^ · Mar 19, 2018

1 is actually a Doxocopa (Nymphalidae) possibly Doxocopa agathina, but there are other similar species. 2 is a Phoebis (Pieridae) possibly P philea.

Ficedula · Mar 19, 2018

What resources are you all using to ID these Butterflies? Field guides for S American Butterflies appear to be very few. I have not come across any easily searchable websites?

davidg · Mar 19, 2018

Hi monet,

Thanks for your help.

David

Andy Adcock · Mar 19, 2018

Ficedula said:
What resources are you all using to ID these Butterflies? Field guides for S American Butterflies appear to be very few. I have not come across any easily searchable websites?

Yo'u're right, without spending a lot of money of separate volumes such as those for Venezuela, there's isn't much available.

I use this as a guideline for families https://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterflie...&sr=1-1&keywords=butterflies+of+South+America then simply trawl the net for e.g Hesperid, Ecuador until I find a match. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't!

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^monet^ · Mar 20, 2018

Having had an interest in butterflies for over 50 years now, I'm usually able to identify to family at least. Often I can ID to genus, sometimes I actually know the species. For the rest google comes in handy. For instance I was 90% sure it was a Doxocopa but I had no idea which species. Searching Google images with "doxocopa ecuador" got me a little closer. Google search terms like "butterflies of ecuador" would get you off to a good start.

RafaelMatias · Mar 20, 2018

When making google searches it also pays off to search in the local language (in this case Spanish/Castellano): Mariposas del Ecuador.
Some more stuff here: http://www.andeanbutterflies.org/ecuador_sp.html
http://www.butterfliesofecuador.com/resources.html#images
Unfortunately this one is out of print (ID to genus level it seems): https://www.nhbs.com/butterflies-moths-of-ecuador-mariposas-del-ecuador-volume-1-book

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