Photos of Peru pictures: butterflies and moths

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)

Spider hanging from web

Black and yellow butterflies at river's edge

Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf

Black moth

Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) on forest floor

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)

Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus)

Group of Male Perrhybris pamela and yellow and black butterflies

Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown)

Biblis hyperia butterfly sucking moisture from drying laundry

Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4670]

Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank

Lycorea halia butterfly

Butterfly

Katydid -- with green body; brown head; and bright blue eyes -- sleeping in bamboo shoot

White butterfly

Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed

Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth

Heliconius sara butterfly

Moth that resembles a leaf

Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly (Greta oto) in the Amazon

Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly feeding on dung

Butterfly at night

Blue butterfly (Satyr species)

Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles

Black moth with orange and green markings

Panacea prola butterfly; wings open

Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly

Butterfly

Butterflies feeding on a flower

Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings

Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis)

Panacea prola butterfly; wings open [manu-Manu_1023_2382]

Arawacus butterfly

Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)

Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing

Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)

Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown)

Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud [manu-Manu_1022_1656]

Rhetus periander butterfly

Panacea prola butterfly; wings closed

Butterfly

Butterflies feeding on a flower

Lasaia agesilas butterfly

88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)

Green; teal; blue; pruple; red; and black insect in Peru

Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0662]

Panacea prola butterfly; wings open

Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata

Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing [manu-Manu_1023_2426]

Owl butterfly

Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings

Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing

Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly in the Amazon

Chameleon (Polychrus liogaster) lizard in the Peruvian Amazon

Giant river otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) feeding in Tres Chimbadas oxbow lake

Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis) [wayquecha-andes_0566]

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