Butterflies are amazing creatures once you get a chance to look at them up close. Like everybody else, I've lived most of my life not paying much attention to them.
When my son was transitioning from baby to toddler and I started pointing things out to him, I started to notice things I hadn't noticed much since I was...two? Now my toddler enjoys sitting in the yard with me, looking at bugs. This section attempts to identify and catalogue butterflies into a cohesive butterfly list I have seen while traveling for Notes from the Road.
Butterflies are mentioned in many of articles, especially in The Blue Butterfly at the End of the Loneliest Road and in several articles in the Isthmus section.
I welcome any corrections and comments. |
California Sister
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| Common Ringlet |
Sonoran Metalmark
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Isabella's Heliconian
Photographed in Soberania National Park. |
| Monarch |
Tracta Sister (Nicaragua)
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Erato Heliconian
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Banded Peacock (Panama)
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Orange Sulphur (Oregon)
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Cloudless Sulphur (Panama)
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Mylitta Crescent
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Pearl Crescent
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Painted Lady
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Carolina Satyr
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Heliconius Sapho (Panama)
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Menelaus Blue Morpho (Panama)
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Elf (Nicaragua)
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Mexican Bluewing (Nicaragua)
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Cabbage White
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California Tortoiseshell
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| Western Tiger Swallowtail (Oregon) |
Square-spotted Blue (Mt Hood)
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Silvery Blue (Mt Hood)
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Western White (Mt Hood)
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Lorquin's Admiral (Oregon)
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Acmon Blue
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Leanira Checkerspot
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Milbert's Tortoiseshell
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Blue Copper
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Hoffman's Checkerspot
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Woodland Skipper
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Ithomiidae Chiapas Glasswing Butterfly (Panama)
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Three Banded Crescent (Panama)
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Claudina Crescent (Panama)
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Blue-patched Eyed-Metalmark (Panama)
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Two-Barred Flasher (Panama)
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Creon Skipper, Lilliana subspecies (Panama)
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Smooth-Banded Sister (Panama)
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Lagora Eyemark (Panama)
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Oileus Giant Owl (Panama)
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Hyalina Metalmark (Panama)
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Elegant Flat Spreadwing (Panama)
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Thoas Swallowtail (Panama)
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Costa-Spotted Mimic White (Panama)
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Orange-patched Crescent (Panama)
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Yellow-veined Skipper (Panama)
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Red Admiral (Austria)
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Hammock Skipper (Bahamas)
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White Peacock (Bahamas)
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| Desert Orangetip (California) |
Variegated Fritillary (Bahamas) - unsure
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Gulf Fritillary (Bahamas)
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Cuban Crescent (Bahamas)
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Western Pygmy Blue (California)
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Unidentified Satyr (Panama)
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Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)
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Unidentified Long Tailed Skipper (Panama)
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Unidentified (Bahamas)
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Unidentified (Bahamas)
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Unidentified Skipper (Panama)
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Unidentified Longwing (Panama)
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Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)
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Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)
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Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)
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Unidentified Butterfly (Panama) - a Ithomiinae/Clearwing, possible Olyras crathis
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Unidentified Skipper (Panama)
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Unidentified Skipper (Panama)
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Unidentified Butterfly (Panama)
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Unidentified (Oregon in May)
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Unidentified (Oregon in May)
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Unidentified (Oregon in June)
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Unidentified (Oregon in June)
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Unidentified (Oregon in June)
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Unidentified (Oregon in May)
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador
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Unidentified Skipper, Ecuador
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador
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Unidentified Skipper, Ecuador
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador
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Unidentified Butterfly, Bahamas
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Unidentified Blue, Bahamas
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Unidentified Butterfly, Bahamas
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Nereina White, Ecuador
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Scarlet Peacock, Ecuador (Yasuni NP)
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador (Yasuna NP)
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador (Yasuna NP)
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Pink Glasswing, Ecuador (Yasuni NP)
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador (Yasuna NP)
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador (Yasuna NP)
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Catonephele acontius (?), Ecuador (Yasuna NP)
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuador (Yasuna NP)
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuadorian Andes
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuadorian Andes
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuadorian Andes
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuadorian Andes
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Unidentified Butterfly, Ecuadorian Andes
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