
Butterflies
(I'm no expert on Butterflies so any input from anyone on ID would be most welcome)


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I've had a number of replies to my requests for help on these images of Butterflies from Thailand. Les Day (
http://www.samuibutterflies.com ) provided
a great deal of information and ID assistance. His website is also one of the best I've seen on Butterflies for Thailand
Another GREAT site in the U.S. is
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/identification_tools
Dark-blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis) and Long Branded Blue Crow (Euploea algea), the brown ones with white spots on the
hind wing
Unknown Butterflies -fall- (Thailand)
Monarch (fall in California)
Monarch (fall in California)
Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar -spring- (California)
in my front yard
Monarch -winter- (Costa Rica)
Monarch -winter- (Costa Rica)
Western Tiger Swallowtail -spring- (California)
This is the LARGEST butterfly in the United States
Western
Giant Swallowtail -summer- (Our yard, California)
This is the LARGEST butterfly in the United States
Western
Giant Swallowtail -summer- (Our yard, California)
This is the LARGEST butterfly in the United States
Western
Giant Swallowtail -summer- (Our yard, California)
This is the LARGEST butterfly in the United States
Western
Giant Swallowtail -summer- (Our yard, California)
This is the LARGEST butterfly in the United States
Mourning Cloak -spring- (California)
Red Admiral -spring- (California)
Silvery Checkerspot -winter- (California)
Silvery Checkerspot -winter- (California)
Gray Hairstreak -summer- (California)
Common Buckeye -spring- (Arizona)
Pipe-vine Swallowtail -spring- (Arizona)
Pipe-vine Swallowtail -spring- (Arizona)
Spring Azure -spring- (Arizona)
Blue Spring Azure (left) and Arizona Sister (right) - spring, Arizona
Arizona Sister -spring- (Arizona)
Arizona Sister -spring- (Arizona)
Queen -
Danaus gilippus
-fall- (New Mexico)
Zebra Longwing -winter- (Everglades NP, Florida)
Gulf Fritillary -winter- (Florida)
White Peacock -summer- (Bahamas)
White Peacock -winter- (Florida)
Red Admiral -spring- (Ohio)
Red Admiral -spring- (Ohio)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -spring- (Ohio)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -spring- (Ohio)
Peck's Skipper -summer- (Manitoba, Canada)
Tiger Longwing -February- (Costa Rica)

Golden-banded Dartwhite -February- (Costa Rica)
Small White (or
Cabbage White?) -winter- (Hong Kong)

Unbroken Sargeant (Athyma pravara) Left image / Right image: Tanaecia julii species? - (but females in this subgroup are notoriously difficult to ID if just from a photo of one side)
Thailand

Left Image bottom left: Parantacopsis sp. / Above that is Five-bar Swordtail (Pathysa antiphates) / Bottom Right two: Chain Swordtails (Pathysa aristeus hermocrates)
Right Image: blue one may be Graphium species / Green ones are Yellow Orange Tip (Ixias pyrene) / Top Right Plain Puffin (Appias indra)
Thailand
Butterfly (unknown) -winter- (Thailand)
Butterfly (unknown) -fall- (Thailand)
Butterfly (unknown) -fall- (Thailand)
Ismenius Tiger -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Ismenius Tiger -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Ismenius Tiger -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Ismenius Tiger -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Ismenius Tiger -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Ismenius Tiger -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Forest Giant Owl -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Forest Giant Owl -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Forest Giant Owl -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Forest Giant Owl -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December

Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Blue Menelaus Morpho -November- (Ecuador)
Big 12 cm Wingspan - really obvious when you see one as slow wing beats,
beautiful blue, and Big!
Blue Menelaus Morpho -November- (Ecuador)
Numerous butterflies and insects on this screen here in Ecuador!!
Blue Menelaus Morpho -November- (Ecuador)
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Doris Longwing -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Doris Longwing -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Rusty-tipped Page -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Rusty-tipped Page -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Rusty-tipped Page -December- (Quito, Ecuador)
Postman (December) - Quito, Ecuador
Postman (December) - Quito, Ecuador
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly
Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID?
Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown Butterfly Needs ID? Quito, Ecuador - December
Unknown
Butterfly
Learn more about this species: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly


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