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NEOTROPICAL NYMPHALIDAE in PHOTOGRAPHY Part 2 Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 75 TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA, 3(2): 75-94 NEOTROPICAL NYMPHALIDAE IN PHOTOGRAPHY Part 2 GEORGE O. KRIZEK 2111 Bancroft PL N.W., Washington, DC 20008, USA ABSTRACT.- Presented here are 100 photographs from life of 83 species of Neotropical Nymphalidae, from Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, mostly photographed on Emmel-Holbrook butterfly expeditions within the past 8 years. KEY WORDS: Actinote, Agrias, Anetia, Antirrhea, Archaeoprepona, Bia, Brazil, Callicore, Caligo, Castilia, Catoblepia, Ceratinia, Cithaerias, Costa Rica, Dynamine, Ecuador, Eunica, Ettptychia, Godyris, Haetera, Hamadryas, Heliconius, Hypna, Ithomia, Junonia, Lycorea, Mechanitis, Memphis, Methona, Mexico, Morpho, Napeocles, Nessaea, Nica, Oleria, Opsiphanes, Oxeoschistus, Paulogramma, Penrosada, Peria, Peru, Pierella, Prepona, Pteronymia, Scada, Siproeta, Taygetis, Yemenis, Tithorea, Venezuela, Zaretis. In this article I present the second part of my Neotropical Archaeoprepona demophon (Linnaeus) Fig. 13, 17 Nymphalidae photographs: part 1 appeared in Tropical Lepidop- Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 23 Apr 1992. tera vol. 2, no. 2 (Krizek, 1991). I wish to apologize to the Bia actorion (Linnaeus) Fig. 64 reader for the fact that I was not able to arrange the photographs Explorama Lodge, Loreto, Peru, 19 Jul 1989. alphabetically on the color plates, as was done in the previous Callicore cynosura Doubleday Fig. 6 part. The desire to place 6 pictures on a page without respect to Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 11 Apr 1992. the size of the butterfly would have made it impossible, for Callicore hystaspes (Fabricius) Fig. 3-4 example, to fit six Caligo pictures on a single page. I also Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 14 Apr 1992. apologize for the differences in quality of the photographs, which Caligo eurilochus (Cramer) Fig. 27 were done over a period of 8 years, not always using the same Tinalandia, Pichincha, Ecuador, 11 May 1990 (<?). quality of photographic equipment, and under various conditions. Caligo idomeneus (Linnaeus) Fig. 26 The use of composite plates of photographic prints, rather than Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 6 Nov 1989. using individual slides, may also be responsible for uneven Caligo memnon? Felder Fig. 31 illumination in some cases or some unevenness in sharpness, Explorama Lodge, Loreto, Peru, 18 Jul 1989. which in the original slide is not the case. In spite of these Caligo uranus Herrich-Schaffer Fig. 30 disadvantages, I decided to publish these photographs because it Turrialba, Costa Rica, 14 May 1985. is very probable that some of these species have not previously Castilia angusta Hewitson Fig. 19 been photographed alive, or published as pictures of living Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 8 Apr 19922. specimens. While most of the species illustrated are common, Catoblepia orgetorix Hewitson Fig. 68 others are rare, and some may even be "once in a lifetime Turrialba, Costa Rica, 15 May 1985. pictures" for me. Ceratinia tutia Hewitson Fig. 91 Col dos Rios, Costa Rica, 22 May 1985. Actinote anteas? Doubleday Fig. 99 Cithaerias aurorina Weymer Fig. 54 Tinalandia, Pichincha, Ecuador, 7 May 1990. Explorama Lodge, Loreto, Peru, 21 Jul 1989. Actinote melampeplos? Godman & Salvin Fig. 100 Cithaerias menander (Drury) Fig. 53 Tinalandia, Pichincha, Ecuador, 7 May 1990. Turrialba, Costa Rica, 15 May 1985. Actinote ozomene Godart Fig. 98 Dynamine agacles Dalman Fig. 16 Tinalandia, Pichincha, Ecuador, 10 May 1990 (d1). Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 20 Apr 1992. Agrias amydon bellatrix Hewitson Fig. 1-2 Dynamine myrson Doubleday Fig. 8 Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 23 Apr 1992. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 17 Apr 1992 (cf). Anetia thirza (Geyer) Fig. 34 Eunica concordia Hewitson Fig. 21, 23 Monte Verde, Costa Rica, 19 May 1985. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 7 Nov 1989. Antirrhea murena Staudinger Fig. 11 Euptychia arnaea (Fabricius) Fig. 67 Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 8 Nov 1989. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 15 Mar 1991. Archaeoprepona amphimachus (Fabricius) Fig. 14 Euptychia cephus (Fabricius) Fig. 63 Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia. Brazil, 7 Apr 1992. Explorama Lodge, Loreto, Peru, 18 Jul 1989 (?). TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA 76 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae Fig. 5. Paulogramma peristera Fig. 3. Callicore hystaspes Fig. 6. Callicore cynosura Fig. 1. Agrias amydon bellatrix Fig. 4. Callicore hystaspes Fig. 2. Agrias amydon bellatrix Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 77 Fig. 7. Temenis pulchra dilutior Fig. 9. Nica flavilla (center right) Fig. 10. Per/a /amis Fig. 8. Dynamine myrson if Fig. 11. Antirrhea murena TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA 78 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae Fig. 14. Archaeoprepona amphimachus Fig. 16. Dynamine agacles Fig. 12. Prepona rothschildi Fig. 17. Archaeoprepona demophon Fig. 13. Archaeoprepona demophon Fig. 15. Prepona laertes Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 79 Fig. 18. Hypna clytemnestra Fig. 20. Zaretis irys ¥ Fig. 22. Junonia sp. Fig. 19. Castilia angusta Fig. 21. Eunica concordia Fig. 23. Eunica concordia TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA 80 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae Fig. 28. Pierel/a hyalinus Fig. 26. Caligo idomeneus Fig. 24. Opsiphanes cassina Fig. 29. Heliconiia clysonimus Fig. 27. Caligo eurilochus Fig. 25. Opsiphanes invirae Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 81 Fig. 30. Caligo uranus Fig. 32. Heliconius besckei Fig. 33. Nessaea obrinus tf Fig. 31. Caligo meninon'? Fig. 34. Anetia thirza (lower right corner) 82 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA Fig. 35. Napeocles jucunda Fig. 37. Napeocles jucunda Fig. 39. Tithorea tarricina Fig. 36. Napeocles jucunda Fig. 38. Oxeoschistus isolda Fig. 40. Taygetis echo Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 83 Fig. 41. Hamadryas feronia Fig. 43. Pierella lesbia Fig. 45. Memphis polyxo Fig. 42. Pierella rhea Fig. 44. Siproeta stelenes Fig. 46. Hamadryas amphinome TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA 84 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae Fig. 51. Pierella rhea Fig. 47. Pierella lena Fig. 49. Pierella lena Fig. 52. Pierella rhea Fig. 48. Pierella lena Fig. 50. Pierella astyoche Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 85 Fig. 53. Cithaerias menander Fig. 55. Haetera piera Fig. 57. Scada reckial Fig. 54. Cithaerias aurorina Fig. 56. Pierella helvina Fig. 58. Pteronymia carlia 86 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA Fig. 59. Euptychia hesione Fig. 61. Euptychia moepius Fig. 63. Euptychia cephus 9 Fig. 60. Euptychia hewitsoni Fig. 62. Euptychia labe Fig. 64. Bia actorion Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 87 Fig. 65. Lycorea c/eobaea Fig. 67. Euptychia arnaea Fig. 69. Heliconius hecale Fie. 66. Penrosada lena Fig. 68. Catoblepia orgetorix Fig. 70. Tithorea harmonia 88 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA Fig. 71. ? (unidentified sp.) Fig. 73. Heliconius numata Fig. 75. Euptychia metaleuca Fig. 72. Taygetis sp. (nr. andromeda) Fig. 74. Heliconius doris aristomache Fig. 76. Godyris :avaleta Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 89 Fig. 77. Morpho helenor/achilles Fig. 79. Morpho helenor/achilles Fig. 81. Morpho helenorlachilles Fig. 78. Morpho peleides <f Fig. 80. Morpho menelaus <? Fig. 82. Morpho helenorlachilles 90 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA Fig. 83. Heliconius erato cyrbia Fig. 85. Heliconius sapho Fig. 87. Ithomia heraldica Fig. 84. Heliconius erato cyrbia Fig. 86. Heliconius sapho primularis Fig. 88. Heliconius athis Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 91 Fig. 89. Heliconius erato dryope Fig. 91. Ceratinia tutia Fig. 93. Methona sp. Fig. 90. Heliconius erato Fig. 92. Heliconius erato Fig. 94. Heliconius clysonimus (with pollen) 92 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae TROPICAL LEPIDOPTER^ Fig. 95. Heliconius doris delia Fig. 97. Mechanitis menapis mantineus Fig. 99. Actinote anteas^ Fig. 96. Oleria borilis Fig. 98. Actinote ozomene Fig. 100. Actinote melampeplosl Vol. 3 No. 2 1992 KRIZEK: Neotropical Nymphalidae 93 Euptychia hesione (Sulzer) Fig. 59 Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 3 Nov 1989. Explorama Lodge, Loreto, Peru, 20 Jul 1989. Morpho helenor/achilles Fig. 82 Euptychia hewitsoni Butler Fig. 60 Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 16 Mar 1991. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 20 Apr 1992. Dorsal basking. Euptychia labe Butler Fig. 62 Morpho helenor/achilles Fig. 77 Tinalandia, Pichincha, Ecuador, 11 May 1990. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 10 Nov 1989. Euptychia metaleuca Boisduval Fig. 75 Specimen exploring the author's left index finger with its Turrialba, Costa Rica, 14 May 1985. proboscis, probably attracted by sweat. Euptychia moepius Godart Fig. 61 Morpho helenor/achilles Fig. 79 Explorama Lodge, Loreto, Peru, 18 Jul 1989. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 10 Nov 1989. Same Godyris zavaleta Hewitson Fig. 76 specimen (Fig. 77), perching on a green bag. Turrialba, Costa Rica, 15 May 1985. Morpho helenor/achilles Fig. 81 Haetera piera (Linnaeus) Fig. 55 San Isidro, Venezuela, 26 Jun 1984. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 9 Apr 1992. Morpho menelaus (Linnaeus) Fig. 82 Hamadryas amphinome (Linnaeus) Fig. 46 Explorama Lodge, Loreto, Peru, 18 Jul 1989 (<f). Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 10 Apr 1992. Morpho peleides Kollar Fig. 78 Hamadryas feronia (Linnaeus) Fig. 41 Monte Verde, Costa Rica, 19 May 1985. Dorsal basking by <?. Fazenda Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil, 14 Apr 1992. Napeocles
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